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pastor

noun
/ˈpɑː.stə/UK/ˈpæs.tɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English pastour, from Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pāstor.

  1. derived from pāstor
  2. derived from pastor
  3. inherited from pastour

Definitions

  1. Someone who tends to a flock of animals

    Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.

  2. Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people.

  3. A bird, the rosy starling.

    • Agricultural officers have put it on record that the pastor must on balance be considered beneficial on account of the vast quantities of locusts which it destroys.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To serve a congregation as pastor

      • As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.

    2. A surname originating as an occupation.

      • “A joyride gone terribly wrong,” Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said during a news conference in Steilacoom, which is about 3 miles from the island.

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Derived

copastor, impastor, pastorage, pastoral, pastorate, pastoress, pastorhood, pastorize, pastorless, pastorlike, pastorly, pastorpreneur, pastorship, pastress, rose-colored pastor, rose-coloured pastor, rosy pastor, subpastor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pastor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01pastor02spiritual03worship04sacred05religion06accompanied07accompany08composition09assembly10congregation

A definitional loop anchored at pastor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at pastor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA