Difference between Parson and Rector

What is the difference between Parson and Rector?

Parson as a noun is an anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector. while Rector as a noun is in the anglican church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.

Parson

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law; a rector. A Protestant minister.

Rector

Part of speech: noun

Definition: In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.

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