pastor

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See also Pastor, and păstor

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pastor.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

pastor (plural pastors)

  1. (now rare) A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
  2. A minister or a priest in a Christian church.

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Translations [edit]

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Verb [edit]

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

  1. (Christianity) To serve a congregation as pastor

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Catalan [edit]

Noun [edit]

pastor m (plural pastors)

  1. shepherd, herder
  2. pastor, priest

Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

pastor (genitive pastōris); m, third declension

  1. A person who tends sheep; shepherd.

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative pastor pastōrēs
genitive pastōris pastōrum
dative pastōrī pastōribus
accusative pastōrem pastōrēs
ablative pastōre pastōribus
vocative pastor pastōrēs

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Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Noun [edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia no

pastor

  1. pastor

Inflection [edit]

singular plural
indefinite pastor pastorer
definite pastoren pastorene


Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin pastor.

Noun [edit]

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

  1. shepherd
  2. (Christianity) pastor

Old Provençal [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin pastor.

Noun [edit]

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

  1. shepherd

Polish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin pastor

Noun [edit]

pastor m

  1. pastor (in Protestant churches)

Declension [edit]


Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin pastor

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia pt

pastor

Noun [edit]

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

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

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin pastor

Noun [edit]

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

  1. shepherd
  2. herder
  3. pastor, priest

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Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

pastor c

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

Declension [edit]

Descendants [edit]

Venetian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Compare Italian pastore

Noun [edit]

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

  1. shepherd