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pastorium

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pas⋅to⋅ri⋅um

  [pa-stawr-ee-uhm, -stohr-, pah-]
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–noun Southern U.S.
a Baptist parsonage.
Origin:
1895–1900; < NL, equiv. to pās(tor) pastor + -tōrium -tory 2
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pas·to·ri·um   (pā-stôr'ē-əm, -stōr'-)   
n.   pl. pas·to·ri·ums Chiefly Southern U.S.
The residence of a pastor; a parsonage.

[past(or) + Latin -ōrium, n. suff.; see -ory.]
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