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pas·tor
(păs′tər)n.
1. A Christian minister or priest having spiritual charge over a congregation or other group.
2. A layperson having spiritual charge over a person or group.
3. Archaic A shepherd.
tr.v. pas·tored, pas·tor·ing, pas·tors
To serve or act as pastor of.
pas′tor·ship′ n.
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pastor
(ˈpɑːstə)n
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a clergyman or priest in charge of a congregation
2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who exercises spiritual guidance over a number of people
3. (Agriculture) an archaic word for shepherd1
4. (Animals) Also called: rosy pastor a S Asian starling, Sturnus roseus, having glossy black head and wings and a pale pink body
[C14: from Latin: shepherd, from pascere to feed]
ˈpastorˌship n
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pas•tor
(ˈpæs tər, ˈpɑ stər)n.
1. a minister or priest in charge of a church.
2. a person having spiritual care of a number of persons.
[1325–75; Middle English pastour (< Anglo-French) < Latin pāstor shepherd =pās-, base of pāscere to put to pasture, feed + -tor -tor]
pas′tor•like`, pas′tor•ly, adj.
pas′tor•ship`, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  pastor - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church ministrant - someone who serves as a minister |
| 2. | Pastor - only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus bird genus - a genus of birds genus Sturnus, Sturnus - type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings Pastor roseus, Pastor sturnus, rose-colored pastor, rose-colored starling - glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian |
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pastor
noun clergyman, minister, priest, vicar, divine, parson, rector, curate, churchman, ecclesiastic the pastor of the local Episcopalian church
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Translations
قِسّيس، راعي كنيسَه
pastor
pastorpræst
prestur
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mācītājs
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pastor
(ˈpaːstə) noun a minister of religion, especially of the Protestant church.
ˈpastoral adjective1. of country life. a pastoral scene.
2. of a pastor, or his work. pastoral responsibilities.
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