Definition of pastor Pastor

/pæˈstɚ/ - [paster] - pas•tor

We found 13 definitions of pastor from 7 different sources.

What does pastor mean?

Noun
pastor - only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
		subgenus Pastor
		bird genus a genus of birds
		genus sturnus, sturnus type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings
pastor - a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"
		curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, rector
		clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

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pastor (n.)
A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.
pastor (n.)
A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.
pastor (n.)
A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.

pastor
pas′tur, n. one who has care of a flock: a shepherd: a clergyman.—adj. Pas′toral, relating to shepherds or to shepherd life: rustic: of or pertaining to the pastor of a church: addressed to the clergy of a diocese by their bishop.—n. a poem which describes the scenery and life of the country: a letter or an address by a pastor to his people, or by a bishop to his clergy: (mus.) a simple melody.—n. Pas′toralism, pastoral character.—adv. Pas′torally.—ns. Pas′torate, Pas′torship, the office of a pastor: the time during which one has been a pastor: the whole body of pastors in one church or district.—adj. Pas′torly, becoming a pastor.—Pastoral address, or letter (see Pastoral, n.); Pastoral charge, position of a pastor: the church, &c., over which a pastor is placed: an address to a newly ordained minister; Pastoral epistles, those in the New Test. to Timothy and Titus; Pastoral staff, a tall staff borne as an emblem of episcopal authority, headed like a shepherd's crook, or having a T-shaped head; Pastoral theology, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors; Pastoral work, the work of a pastor in visiting his people. [L., pascĕre, pastum, to feed.]
pastor
pas′tur, n. a beautiful bird allied to the starlings, native to Western Asia