Pastor

['pɑːstə] or ['pæstɚ]

Definition

(noun.) only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus.

Edited by Cecilia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.

(n.) A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.

(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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Shepherd.[2]. Minister, clergyman, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, churchman, divine.

Checker: Sophia

Definition

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."

n. a beautiful bird allied to the starlings native to Western Asia.

Typist: Naomi