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Webster 1913 Edition


pastor

pas′tor

(pȧs′tẽr)
,
Noun.
[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.
(Zool.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pastor

P`ASTOR

,
Noun.
[L. from pasco, pastum, to feed.]
1.
A shepherd; one that has the care of flocks and herds.
2.
A minister of the gospel who has the charge of a church and congregation, whose duty is to watch over the people of his charge, and instruct them in the sacred doctrines of the christian religion.

Definition 2024


Pastor

Pastor

See also: pastor, pastôr, and păstor

Translingual

Proper noun

Pastor m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sturnidae – the rosy starling.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

German

Alternative forms

  • Paster (archaic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpastɔɐ̯/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /pasˈtoːɐ̯/ (alternative form; predominant in some regions, including western Germany)

Noun

Pastor m (genitive Pastoren, plural Pastoren or Pastöre)

  1. (regional, chiefly northern and central Germany) pastor (clergyman who serves a parish)

Usage notes

  • The normal plural is Pastoren.
  • The plural Pastöre is used by some of those speakers who stress the word on the second syllable, particularly in western Germany.
  • The word as such is more common among Protestants than among Catholics. There are, however, some regions where the word is traditional for a Catholic pastor, including the Rhineland.

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

pastor

pastor

See also: Pastor, pastôr, and păstor

English

Alternative forms

Noun

pastor (plural pastors)

  1. (now rare) A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
  2. Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people
  3. A minister or a priest in a Christian church.

Synonyms

  • shepherd (in a figurative, religious sense)

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

Translations

Verb

pastor (third-person singular simple present pastors, present participle pastoring, simple past and past participle pastored)

  1. (Christianity, transitive, intransitive) To serve a congregation as pastor
    • 2009, January 21, “Shaila Dewan”, in Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It:
      As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal pastor, from Latin pastor, pastōrem.

Noun

pastor m (plural pastors)

  1. shepherd, herder
  2. pastor, priest

Latin

Etymology

From pāscō (to feed, maintain, pasture, graze), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (to protect).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.tor/, [ˈpas.tɔr]

Noun

pastor m (genitive pastōris); third declension

  1. A person who tends sheep; shepherd.
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4
      Navita 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, the shepherd his sheep.
  2. A Christian who takes care of the spiritual needs of other Christians
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Ephesians 4:11
      et ipse dedit quosdam quidem apostolos quosdam autem prophetas alios vero evangelistas alios autem pastores et doctores (And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case 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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pastor.

Noun

pastor m (definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorer, definite plural pastorene)

  1. (religion) a pastor

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pastor.

Noun

pastor m (definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorar, definite plural pastorane)

  1. (religion) a pastor

References


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pastor, pastōrem. Compare the inherited doublet pastre.

Noun

pastor m (oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastre, nominative plural pastor)

  1. shepherd
  2. (Christianity) pastor

Descendants


Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin pastor, pastōrem.

Noun

pastor m (oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastors, nominative plural pastor)

  1. shepherd

Descendants


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pastor.

Noun

pastor m pers

  1. pastor (in Protestant churches)

Declension


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pastor, from Latin pastor, pastōrem.

pastor

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐʃˈtoɾ/
  • Hyphenation: pas‧tor

Noun

pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora, feminine plural pastoras)

  1. shepherd (person who tends sheep)
  2. herder
  3. parson

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Pastor, from Latin pastor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpas.tor/

Noun

pastor m (plural pastori)

  1. (Protestantism) pastor, priest

Declension

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References


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pa̠sˈto̞ɾ].

Etymology

From Latin pastor, through the singular accusative (pastōrem), where the stressed vowel is "o" (in the nominative case, it is "a"), like in Italian pastore.

Noun

pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora)

  1. shepherd
  2. herder
  3. pastor, priest

Related terms


Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

pastor c

  1. A pastor, priest.
  2. indefinite plural of pasta

Declension

Descendants

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin pastor, pastōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

Noun

pastor m (plural pastori) or pastor m (plural pasturi)

  1. shepherd