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pastor definition

pas·tor (pas′tər, päs′-)

noun

a person, as a priest or minister, in spiritual and jurisdictional charge of a parish, church, congregation, or community

Etymology: ME pastour < OFr < L pastor, shepherd (LL(Ec), minister of a congregation) < pascere, to feed: see food

transitive verb

to serve as pastor of

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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