pastor
pastor
Definition
pas·tor (pas′tər, päs′-)
noun
a person, as a priest or minister, in spiritual and jurisdictional charge of a parish, church, congregation, or community
Etymology: ME pastour < OFr < L pastor, shepherd (LL(Ec), minister of a congregation) < pascere, to feed: see food
transitive verb
to serve as pastor of
pastor
Synonyms
pastor
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- congregation: He was to remain as pastor of the congregation until his death in 1810.
- church: I'm a pastor of a small church which started 3 years ago.
Possessives
- wife: Last week our pastor's wife was held up in an armed robbery in our local shops.
- heart: Like Charles Spurgeon, Andrew Fuller was a Biblical theologian driven by a pastor's heart.
Converse of object
- appoint: The question arises should Presbytery appoint to this role a pastor appointed to the charge.
- lie: Cecilia served as a lay pastor in MCC Bath helping found the congregation there.
- become: Billy later became pastor of a church of over 10,000 people.
- invite: We invite the pastor to drop by, and he does.
- ask: But tell me how I should set to work to ask the pastor to dinner.
- hear: Some years ago I heard a radio pastor give a sermon on what he called " the lust for bliss.
Adjective modifier
- Baptist: I think that God was showing that Baptist pastor from London was the tip of the tip of the tip of the iceberg.
- evangelical: More than 130 evangelical pastors have been assassinated in Colombia by the different armed groups over the past four years.
- faithful: This has an interesting epitaph: A faithful holy pastor here lies hid, One of a thousand, Mr Peter Kid.
- charismatic: The ever popular charismatic pastor, Jack Hayford, led the chanting crowd in an " African witch doctor's dance.
Noun used with modifier
- worship: Phil Christensen is worship pastor at the Church on the Mountain near Mt.
- youth: Youth pastors aren't around long enough for a light bulb to burn out.
- church: I spoke to my church pastor about my symptoms.
- insurance: Doesn't have adequate affordable health insurance pastor awareness about their.
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