Pastor Definition

păstər
pastors
noun
pastors
A person, as a priest or minister, in spiritual and jurisdictional charge of a parish, church, congregation, or community.
Webster's New World
A layperson having spiritual charge over a person or group.
American Heritage
A shepherd.
American Heritage

(now rare) A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.

Wiktionary

A Muslim imam.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To serve as pastor of.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Sturnidae "” the rosy starling.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Pastor

Noun

Singular:
pastor
Plural:
pastors

Origin of Pastor

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin pāstor shepherd pā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pastor.

    From Wiktionary

Pastor Sentence Examples

  • In most cases the pastor receives a salary.

  • Everyone in the crowded room knew Pastor Humphries and treated him with the reverence as a visiting cardinal.

  • On his way home from the university he passed through Saumur, and, having visited the pastor of the Protestant church there, was introduced by him to Philippe de Mornay, governor of the city.

  • In 1864, his health being seriously impaired, he resigned public work as pastor of Free St John's (May 17), although his nominal connexion with the congregation ceased only with his death.

  • His father, Georg Karl Benjamin Ritschl (1783-1858), became in 1810 pastor at the church of St Mary in Berlin, and from 1827 to 1854 was general superintendent and evangelical bishop of Pomerania.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAS

Words Ending With

RORTOR

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Words Starting With P and Ending With R

Starts With P & Ends With RStarts With PA & Ends With RStarts With P & Ends With OR

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With R