FromMiddle English pastour , fromOld French pastor (Modern Frenchpasteur ), fromLatin pāstor .
pastor (plural pastors )
( now rare ) Someone who tends to aflock of animals:synonym ofshepherd .Someone withspiritual authority over a group of people.Synonym: shepherd Hypernym: cleric Coordinate terms: imam ,guru ,rabbi ,sangha ( Protestantism ) Aminister orpriest in a church.Synonyms: elder ,pastor-teacher Hypernym: cleric ( Roman Catholicism , US ) The mainpriest serving aparish .Synonym: parish priest Hypernym: cleric Coordinate term: parochial vicar A bird, therosy starling .1944 ,Country Life , volume95 , page820 :Agricultural officers have put it on record that thepastor must on balance be considered beneficial on account of the vast quantities of locusts which it destroys.
main priest serving a parish
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pastor (third-person singular simple present pastors ,present participle pastoring ,simple past and past participle pastored )
( Christianity , ambitransitive , stative ) To serve acongregation aspastor 2009 January 21, Shaila Dewan, “Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It”, inNew York Times [1] :As theypastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.
Inherited fromOld Catalan pastor , fromLatin pāstōrem .
pastor m (plural pastors )
shepherd ,herder pastor ,priest Borrowed fromSpanish pastor .Doublet ofpastores .
Hyphenation:pas‧tor IPA (key ) : /pasˈtoɾ/ [pɐs̪ˈt̪oɾ̪] pastór
herder ( Catholicism ) parish priest ;pastor ( Protestantism ) pastor FromDutch pastoor , fromMiddle Dutch pastōor , fromLatin pāstor , frompāscō ( “ to feed, maintain, pasture, graze ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *peh₂- ( “ to protect ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /pastor/ Hyphenation:pas‧tor pastor (plural pastor -pastor )
( Christianity , Roman Catholicism ) parish priest Frompāscō ( “ to feed, maintain, pasture, graze ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *peh₂- ( “ to protect ” ) .
pāstor m (genitive pāstōris ,feminine pāstrīx ) ;third declension
A person who tendssheep ;shepherd .25 BC ,Sextus Propertius ,Elegiae ; II, i, 43–4Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator, Enumerat miles vulnera,pastor oves.The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls, the soldier counts his wounds, theshepherd his sheep. AChristian who takes care of thespiritual needs of other Christians4th century ,St Jerome ,Vulgate ,Ephesians 4:11et ipse dedit quosdam quidem apostolos quosdam autem prophetas alios vero evangelistas alios autempastores et doctores And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other somepastors and doctors Third-declension noun.
“pastor ”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 )A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press “pastor ”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 )An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "pastor ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “pastor ”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1848 ),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , London: John Murray Borrowed fromLatin pāstor .
pastor m (definite singular pastoren ,indefinite plural pastorer ,definite plural pastorene )
( religion ) pastor Borrowed fromLatin pāstor .
pastor m (definite singular pastoren ,indefinite plural pastorar ,definite plural pastorane )
( religion ) pastor FromOld Occitan pastor , from Latin accusativepāstorem (Latin pāstor ).
Cf. alsopastre from the Latin nominative.
Cognates includeFrench pasteur ,Norman pâteu' ,Catalan pastor .
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pastor m (plural pastors )
shepherd pastor ,priest ,minister Borrowed fromLatin pāstor, pāstōrem . Compare the inherited doubletpastre .
pastor oblique singular , m (oblique plural pastors ,nominative singular pastre ,nominative plural pastor )
shepherd ( Christianity ) pastor From the accusative declension ofLatin pāstor, pāstōrem . Cf also the formpastre from the nominative.
pastor m (oblique plural pastors ,nominative singular pastors ,nominative plural pastor )
shepherd paster ,priest ,minister Borrowed fromGerman Pastor .
pastor m pers
( Protestantism ) pastor ( in Protestant churches ) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ksiądz pastor inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANpastor in Polish dictionaries at PWNpastor FromOld Galician-Portuguese pastor , fromLatin pāstōrem .
pastor m (plural pastores ,feminine pastora ,feminine plural pastoras )
herdsman ;herder ( someone who tends livestock ) ( in particular ) shepherd ( someone who tends sheep ) herding dog ( any of several breeds of dog originally used to herd livestock ) Ellipsis ofpastor alemão .( figurative , chiefly religion ) shepherd ( one who watches over or guides others ) ( Protestantism ) the chief clergyman of a Protestant congregation: apastor ,minister orparson Borrowed fromGerman Pastor , fromLatin pāstor . Compare the inherited doubletpăstor .
pastor m (plural pastori )
( Protestantism ) pastor ,priest Inherited fromOld Spanish pastor , fromLatin pāstōrem . CompareItalian pastore .
IPA (key ) : /pasˈtoɾ/ [pasˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes:-oɾ Syllabification:pas‧tor pastor m (plural pastores ,feminine pastora ,feminine plural pastoras )
shepherd herder pastor ,priest pastor c
pastor ,priest indefinite plural ofpasta Borrowed fromSpanish pastor .Doublet ofpastol , an early borrowing.
pastór (feminine pastora ,Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ )
( Catholicism ) parish priest ;pastor ( Protestantism ) church minister ;pastor “pastor ”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila,2018 FromLatin pāstor, pāstōrem . CompareItalian pastore .
pastor m (plural pastori ) orpastor m (plural pasturi )
shepherd