Pastor
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English
Noun
Pastor (plural Pastors)- (now rare) A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
- A minister or a priest in a Christian church.
Derived terms
Verb
Pastor (third-person singular simple present Pastors, present participle Pastoring, simple past and past participle Pastored)
- (Christianity) To serve a congregation as pastor
- 2009 January 21 Shaila Dewan
- As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.
See also
Adjectives for Pastor
ungracious; scholarly; zealously; flabby.
Verbs for Pastor
appoint—; ordain—; serve as—; submit to ——; .venerate—; —administers; —attends to; —consoles; —converts; —guides; —ministers; —negotiates; —pleads; —prays; — preaches; —protects; —rebukes; —reconciles; —rules; —sways; —teaches; —visits.
Thesaurus
DD, Doctor of Divinity, Holy Joe, abbe, bishop, canon, chaplain, churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, curate, cure, divine, ecclesiastic, father, man of God, military chaplain, minister, padre, parson, priest, rector, reverend, servant of God, shepherd, sky pilot, supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, tonsured cleric, vicar
Etymology
Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur) < Latin pastor.
Pronunciation
Translations
Noun
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Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
Pastor m. (plural Pastors)
Latin
Noun
pastor (genitive pastōris); m, third declension
- A person who tends sheep; shepherd.
Etymology
From pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”) < Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pastor | pastōrēs |
| genitive | pastōris | pastōrum |
| dative | pastōrī | pastōribus |
| accusative | pastōrem | pastōrēs |
| ablative | pastōre | pastōribus |
| vocative | pastor | pastōrēs |
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Descendants
Old French
Noun
Pastor m. (oblique plural Pastors, nominative singular Pastors, nominative plural Pastor)
Etymology
Latin pastor
Polish
Noun
Pastor m.
- pastor (in Protestant churches)
Etymology
From Latin pastor
Declension
Portuguese
Noun
Pastor m.
Etymology
Latin pastor
Spanish
Noun
Pastor m. (plural pastores, feminine singular pastora, feminine plural pastoras)
Etymology
Latin pastor
Related terms
Swedish
Noun
Pastor c.
Pronunciation
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | pastor | pastorn | pastorer | pastorerna |
| genitive | pastors | pastorns | pastorers | pastorernas |
Descendants
- Finnish: pastori
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