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pas⋅tor
[pas-ter, pah-ster] 
tər
–noun
| 1. | a minister or priest in charge of a church. |
| 2. | a person having spiritual care of a number of persons. |
| 3. | Ornithology. any of various starlings, esp. Sturnus roseus (rosy pastor) of Europe and Asia. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to serve as the pastor of: He pastored the church here for many years. |
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| pas·tor (pās'tər) n.
To serve or act as pastor of. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pāstor, shepherd; see pā- in Indo-European roots.] pas'tor·ship' n. |
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Pastor
Pas"tor\, n. [L., fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. Cf. Pabulum, Pasture, Food.]1. A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds. 2. A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.
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Language Translation for : pastor
Spanish:
pastor,
German:
der Pfarrer,
Japanese:
牧師
pastor
In some groups of Christians, 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.
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pastor (n.)
1242, "shepherd," also "spiritual guide, shepherd of souls" (1377), from O.Fr. pastur "herdsman, shepherd" (12c.), from L. pastorem (nom. pastor) "shepherd," from pastus, pp. of pascere "to lead to pasture, graze," from PIE base *pa- "to tend, keep, pasture, feed, guard" (see food). The spiritual sense was in Church L. (cf. Gregory's "Cura Pastoralis"). The verb in the Christian sense is from 1872.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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