pastor
noun
[ ˈpɑːstə ]
• a minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation, especially in some non-episcopal churches.
Similar:
priest,
minister (of religion),
parson,
clergyman,
cleric,
chaplain,
padre,
father,
ecclesiastic,
man of God,
man of the cloth,
churchman,
preacher,
kirkman,
dominie,
reverend,
Holy Joe,
sky pilot,
josser,
• another term for rose-coloured starling.
pastor
verb
• be pastor of (a church or congregation).
• "he pastored Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pastour, from Latin pastor ‘shepherd’, from past- ‘fed, grazed’, from the verb pascere .
