<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A member of the clergy in charge of a parish in the Protestant Episcopal Church.</li><li>An ecclesiastic in charge of a college, religious house, or congregation in the Roman Catholic Church.</li><li>A member of the clergy who has the charge of a parish with full possession of all its rights, tithes, etc. in the Anglican Church.</li><li>The head of certain universities, colleges, and schools.</li></ul>