HOW TO PRONOUNCE
pastor
/ˈpæs.tɚ/
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What does pastor mean?
noun
- A minister or priest in a church.
- The main priest serving a parish.
- A bird, the rosy starling.
More meanings (3)
verb
- To serve a congregation as pastor.
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation.
noun
- (archaic) Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpæs.tɚ/
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The pastor hesitated to accept the invitation, but as it was repeated day after day, he finally accompanied the horticulturist.
When the members of a Christian congregation permit their pastor to struggle along in penury, they are worse than heathen.
More book examples (3)
Now the pastor was six feet tall and broad in proportion, and I, as I have already confessed, am very short.
But such results, as might have been expected, did not satisfy the pastor Goetze or the public which sympathized with him.
If this was intended to inform the new pastor of the exact financial situation in Octavius, it lamentably failed of its purpose.