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pastor

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See also: Pastor, pastôr, and păstor

English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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pastor (plural pastors)

  1. (now rare) Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.
  3. (countable, religion) Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people.
    Synonym: shepherd
    Hypernym: cleric
    Coordinate terms: imam, guru, rabbi, sangha
    2. (countable, Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.
      Synonyms: elder, pastor-teacher
      Hypernym: cleric
    3. (countable, Roman Catholicism, US) The main priest serving a parish.
      Synonym: parish priest
      Hypernym: cleric
      Coordinate term: parochial vicar
      • 2020 August 12, Daniel Burke, “California church defies public health orders, holds indoor services for thousands with no social distancing”, in CNN‎[1]:
        The pastor told CNN on Tuesday that no members of his megachurch have contracted the virus. MacArthur also said he doubted the accuracy of California’s coronavirus numbers. […] Most of the pastors who have bucked the rules are fringe figures in American Christianity.
  4. A bird, the rosy starling.
    • 1944, Country Life, volume 95, page 820:
      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.

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Verb

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

  1. (Christianity, ambitransitive, stative) To serve a congregation as pastor
    • 2009 January 21, Shaila Dewan, “Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It”, in New York Times‎[2]:
      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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.

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

  1. shepherd, herder
  2. pastor, priest

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastores.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pas‧tor
  • IPA(key): /pasˈtoɾ/ [pɐs̪ˈt̪oɾ̪]

Noun

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pastór

  1. herder
  2. (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
  3. (Protestantism) pastor
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch pastoor, from Middle Dutch pastōor, from Latin pāstor, from pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pastor/
  • Hyphenation: pas‧tor

Noun

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pastor (plural pastor-pastor)

  1. (Christianity, Roman Catholicism) parish priest

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Ladino

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti
Proto-Italic *pāskō
Latin pāscō
Latin pāstor
Old Spanish pastor
Ladino pastor

    Inherited from Old Spanish pastor, from Latin pāstor.

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    pastor m (Hebrew spelling פאסטור)[1]

    1. (countable) shepherd (a person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock)
      • 2002, Aki Yerushalayim‎[3], numbers 68–72, page 83:
        Komo vijita el pastor a su revanyo
        i aze pasar a sus ovejas debasho su vara,
        ansi azes pasar i rekontas i kontas i sekutas alma de todo bivo.
        As the shepherd visits his flock and causes his sheep to pass under his staff, thus you cause to pass and recount and consider and appoint every being’s spirit.
    2. (countable, religion) pastor (someone with spiritual authority over a group of people)
      • 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎[4], Isis, →ISBN, page 248:
        En esto, el pastor disho al prens de los guerkos: “Tengo oyido ke los guerkos konosen la lingua de los pasharos, ma nunka no me kreyi en esto.”
        Regarding this, the pastor said to the prince of demons: ‘I have heard that the demons know the birds’ language, but I have never believed in this.’
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    1. ^ “pastor”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

    Latin

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    Etymology

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    Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-
    Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti
    Proto-Italic *pāskō
    Latin pāscō
    Latin pāstor

      From pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”).

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      Noun

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      pāstor m (genitive pāstōris, feminine pāstrīx); third declension

      1. A person who tends sheep; shepherd.
        • 25 BC, 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

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      Third-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative pāstor pāstōrēs
      genitive pāstōris pāstōrum
      dative pāstōrī pāstōribus
      accusative pāstōrem pāstōrēs
      ablative pāstōre pāstōribus
      vocative pāstor pāstōrēs

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      References

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      • “pastor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
      • “pastor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
      • "pastor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
      • “pastor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin pāstor.

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

      1. (religion) pastor

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin pāstor.

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

      1. (religion) pastor

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      Occitan

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      Etymology

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      From Old Occitan pastor, from Latin accusative pāstorem (Latin pāstor).

      Cf. also pastre from the Latin nominative.

      Cognates include French pasteur, Norman pâteu', Catalan pastor.

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      Noun

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      pastor m (plural pastors)

      1. shepherd
      2. pastor, priest, minister
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      Old French

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Compare the inherited doublet pastre.

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

      1. shepherd
      2. (Christianity) pastor

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      Old Occitan

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      Etymology

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      From the accusative declension of Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Cf also the form pastre from the nominative.

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

      1. shepherd
      2. paster, priest, minister

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      Old Spanish

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      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-
      Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti
      Proto-Italic *pāskō
      Latin pāscō
      Latin pāstor
      Old Spanish pastor

        Inherited from Latin pāstor.

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

        1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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        Polish

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from German Pastor.

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        pastor m pers

        1. (Protestantism) pastor (in Protestant churches)
          Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ksiądz

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

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        • pastor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • pastor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

        Portuguese

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        Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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        pastor

        Etymology

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        From Old Galician-Portuguese pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.

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

        1. herdsman; herder (someone who tends livestock)
        2. (in particular) shepherd (someone who tends sheep)
        3. herding dog (any of several breeds of dog originally used to herd livestock)
          1. ellipsis of pastor-alemão
        4. (figurative, chiefly religion) shepherd (one who watches over or guides others)
        5. (Protestantism) the chief clergyman of a Protestant congregation: a pastor, minister or parson

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        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from German Pastor, from Latin pāstor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor.

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        pastor m (plural pastori)

        1. (Protestantism) pastor, priest

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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative pastor pastorul pastori pastorii
        genitive-dative pastor pastorului pastori pastorilor
        vocative pastorule pastorilor
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        Spanish

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        Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia es
        Un pastor y sus ovejas ― A shepherd and his sheep

        Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-
        Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti
        Proto-Italic *pāskō
        Latin pāscō
        Latin pāstor
        Old Spanish pastor
        Spanish pastor

          Inherited from Old Spanish pastor, from Latin pāstor.

          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /pasˈtoɾ/ [pasˈt̪oɾ]
          • Rhymes: -oɾ
          • Syllabification: pas‧tor

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

          1. shepherd
            Synonym: ovejero
          2. herder
            Synonym: cabañero
          3. (Catholicism) pastor, priest
            Synonyms: sacerdote, cura, párroco

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          pastor c

          1. pastor, priest
          2. indefinite plural of pasta

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

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          Tagalog

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          Alternative forms

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          Etymology

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          Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastol, an early borrowing.

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          pastór (feminine pastora, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

          1. (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
          2. (Protestantism) church minister; pastor
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          Further reading

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          • “pastor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

          Venetan

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          Etymology

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          From Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

          Noun

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

          1. shepherd
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