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pastor:
(plural: ‘pastors‘)
a pastor (a clergyman)
a clergyman of Christian Church, especially the Protestant Church, who takes care of a church and its members;
a layperson (a person who is not a clergyman or woman, an ordinary person) who is given spiritual/religious charge of a person or a group of people;
(old usage) a shepherd — a person who looks after a flock of sheep,
a pastor (a shepherd with his flock of sheep)
e.g.
The pastor has called all the people of the community to congregate for a common prayer.
Besides being the village school teacher, Mason also acts as a pastor giving spiritual guidance to the people of the village.
{Note: ‘Pastor’, more commonly ‘rosy pastor’, is an Asian ‘starling’ bird.}
(a pastoral scene (a village)
[Language Usage: The adjective form of ‘pastor’ is “pastoral”, and is used in three different contexts: (a) of or relating to rural/country/village life, with its noun form in this context being pasture, e.g. ‘pastoral setting’; ‘pastoral background’, ‘peaceful pastoral scene’; (b) of or relating to sheep, shepherd or herder, with its noun form in this context being pasture, e.g. ‘pastoral people’, ‘pastoral economy’; (c) of or relating to ‘pastor’ and/or the duties of a pastor, e.g. “pastoral duties”.]
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