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Name	Term description
Name RA	Term description Royal Academy
Name RAF	Term description Royal Air Force
Name Ranking of creditors	Term description A system of deciding impartially which creditors should have prior claim on a debtor's estate; this was why it was so important to a wife to have an antenuptial marriage contract making provision for her and her children because this entitled them to be 'ranked' among any creditors on her husband's estate if he fell into debt.
Name RCC	Term description Roman Catholic clergyman
Name RCPS	Term description Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow
Name RCSI	Term description Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Name Reader	Term description Reader in a church
Name Rear-admiral	Term description Senior naval officer, deputy in charge of a fleet
Name Receiver general	Term description Senior customs officer
Name Rector	Term description Member of university court elected to oversee appointments, later elected by the students as their representative
Name Rector of grammar school	Term description Member of university court elected to oversee appointments, later elected by the students as their representative
Name Rector of university	Term description Member of university court elected to oversee appointments, later elected by the students as their representative
Name Redemaker	Term description ? Maker of reeds for musical instruments
Name Reed-maker	Term description ? Maker of reeds for musical instruments
Name Reeler	Term description Put the yarn onto reels in preparation for weaving
Name Reg.	Term description Registered
Name Regent	Term description Junior lecturer in a university
Name Regent at St Andrews	Term description Junior lecturer in a university
Name Regent of college of Glasgow	Term description Junior lecturer in a university
Name Register	Term description One who keeps a register, of births, marriages, deaths, deeds, etc.
Name Register of shipping	Term description One who keeps a register, of births, marriages, deaths, deeds, etc.
Name Registrar	Term description One who keeps a register, of births, marriages, deaths, deeds, etc.
Name Reider	Term description Reader in a church
Name Reidmaker	Term description ? Maker of reeds for musical instruments
Name Relict	Term description Widow or widower