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pastor
[pas-ter, pah-ster]
noun
a minister or priest in charge of a church.
a person having spiritual care of a number of persons.
Ornithology., any of various starlings, especially Sturnus roseus rosy pastor of Europe and Asia.
verb (used with object)
to serve as the pastor of.
He pastored the church here for many years.
pastor
/ ˈpɑːstə /
noun
a clergyman or priest in charge of a congregation
a person who exercises spiritual guidance over a number of people
an archaic word for shepherd
Also called: rosy pastor. a S Asian starling, Sturnus roseus, having glossy black head and wings and a pale pink body
pastor
In some groups of Christians (see also Christian), the clergyman in charge of an individual congregation. The term is used this way in the Lutheran Church and Roman Catholic Church and, to a lesser extent, by Baptists and in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Other Word Forms
- pastorless adjective
- pastorlike adjective
- pastorly adjective
- subpastor noun
- pastorship noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pastor1
Example Sentences
Mr Foster, a senior pastor at the Pilgrim Church in Nottingham, was appointed in June to oversee the government's response to the Windrush scandal and represent its victims.
In video filmed by their pastor, Marjan is seen collapsed outside as agents detain her husband.
The highlight was an al pastor mac and cheese where I slathered the cubes of pork in the finest theme park cheese slop.
Since most everyone went to church every week, that meant the Methodists attended the Baptist church and the Baptists attended the Methodist church on the weeks when their pastor wasn’t preaching.
Bryan Wolf, executive pastor of Lifepoint Church next door, said what happened has left many uneasy.
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