pastor

See also Pastor, and păstor

English

Alternative forms

• pastour (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɑːstə/, X-SAMPA: /"pA:st@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpæstɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"p{st@`/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• pastorage
• pastorate
• pastoral
• pastoress

Translations

shepherd — see shepherd

a minister or priest

• Breton: pastor (br) m
• Dutch: pastoor (nl)
• Fijian: alatala (fj)
• Finnish: pastori (fi), pappi (fi)
• French: pasteur (fr) m

• German: Pastor (de) m, Pastorin (de) f, Pfarrer (de) m, Pfarrerin (de) f
• Hindi: पादरी (hi)
• Jèrriais: pasteur m
• Polish: (in Protestant churches) pastor (pl) m
• Russian: пастор (ru) (pástor) m, пастырь (ru) (pástyr') m

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• Catalan: pastor (ca) m
• Dutch: pastoor (nl) m, dominee (nl) m
• Esperanto: pastoro (eo)
• French: pasteur (fr) m

• Greek: ποιμήνm (el) (pimín) m, ποιμένας (el) (piménas) m, πάστορας (el) (pástoras) m
• Japanese: 牧師 (ja) (bokushi)
• Korean: 목사님 (ko) (moksanim)
• Vietnamese: linh mục (vi)

Verb

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

1. (Christianity) To serve a congregation as pastor
   • 2009 January 21, Shaila Dewan, “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.

See also

• cleric
• father
• minister
• parson
• priest
• vicar
• reverend

Anagrams

• sap rot

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Catalan

Noun

pastor m (plural pastors)

1. shepherd, herder
2. pastor, priest

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Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

pastor (genitive pastōris); m, third declension

1. A person who tends sheep; shepherd.

Inflection

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

Related terms

• pascitō
• pāscō
• pascuus

Descendants

English: pastor Esperanto: pastro French: pasteur, pâtre Italian: pastore Jèrriais: pasteur

Portuguese: pastor Romanian: păstor Russian: пастырь Spanish: pastor

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Wikipedia ^no

pastor

1. pastor

Inflection

	singular	plural
indefinite	pastor	pastorer
definite	pastoren	pastorene

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Old French

Etymology

Latin pastor.

Noun

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

1. shepherd
2. (Christianity) pastor

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Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin pastor.

Noun

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

1. shepherd

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin pastor

Noun

pastor m

1. pastor (in Protestant churches)

Declension

    declension of pastor

	singular	plural
nominative	pastor	pastorzy (pastorowie)
genitive	pastora	pastorów
dative	pastorowi	pastorom
accusative	pastora	pastorów
instrumental	pastorem	pastorami
locative	pastorze	pastorach
vocative	pastorze	pastorzy (pastorowie)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Latin pastor

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pastor

Noun

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

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin pastor

Noun

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

1. shepherd
2. herder
3. pastor, priest

Related terms

• pasto
• pasta
• pastar

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

pastor c

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

Declension

Declension of pastor

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pastor	pastorn	pastorer	pastorerna
genitive	pastors	pastorns	pastorers	pastorernas

Descendants

• Finnish: pastori

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian pastore

Noun

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

1. shepherd