pastor
English
Alternative forms
- pastour (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English pastour, from Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pāstor.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːstə/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæstɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ)
- Homophone: pasta (Australia, New Zealand)
Noun
pastor (plural pastors)
- (now rare) A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
- Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people
- (Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.
- (Roman Catholicism, US) The main priest serving a parish.
- A bird, the rosy starling.
- 1944, Country Life (volume 95, page 820)
- Agricultural officers have put it on record that the pastor must on balance be considered beneficial on account of the vast quantities of locusts which it destroys.
- 1944, Country Life (volume 95, page 820)
Synonyms
- (someone with spiritual authority): shepherd
- (minister or priest in a church): elder
- (main priest serving a parish): parish priest
Coordinate terms
- (someone with spiritual authority): imam, guru, rabbi, sangha
- (main priest serving a parish): parochial vicar
Derived terms
- pastorage
- pastoral
- pastorate
- pastoress
Translations
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Verb
pastor (third-person singular simple present pastors, present participle pastoring, simple past and past participle pastored)
- (Christianity, transitive, intransitive, stative) To serve a congregation as pastor
- 2009, January 21, “Shaila Dewan”, in Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It:
- As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.
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See also
- cleric
- father
- minister
- parson
- priest
- vicar
- reverend
Anagrams
- Portas, Sproat, asport, portas, sap rot, saprot
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan pastor, from Latin pastōrem.
Noun
pastor m (plural pastors)
- shepherd, herder
- pastor, priest
Derived terms
- pastor alemany
Related terms
- péixer
References
- “pastor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pastor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “pastor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pastor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastores.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pas‧tor
- IPA(key): /pasˈtoɾ/, [pʌs̪ˈt̪uɾ̪]
Noun
pastór
- herder
- (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
- (Protestantism) pastor
Related terms
- pasto
- pastora
- pastores
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch pastoor, from Middle Dutch pastōor, from Latin pāstor, from pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pastor/
- Hyphenation: pas‧tor
Noun
pastor (first-person possessive pastorku, second-person possessive pastormu, third-person possessive pastornya)
- (Christianity, Roman Catholicism) parish priest
Derived terms
- pastoran
Further reading
- “pastor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaːs.tor/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.tor/, [ˈpäst̪or]
Noun
pāstor m (genitive pāstōris, feminine pāstrīx); third declension
- A person who tends sheep; shepherd.
- 25 BC, Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4
- Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,
Enumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves.- The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls,
the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
- The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls,
- Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator,
- 25 BC, Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4
- A Christian who takes care of the spiritual needs of other Christians
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Ephesians 4:11
- et ipse dedit quosdam quidem apostolos quosdam autem prophetas alios vero evangelistas alios autem pastores et doctores (And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:)
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Ephesians 4:11
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pāstor | pāstōrēs |
Genitive | pāstōris | pāstōrum |
Dative | pāstōrī | pāstōribus |
Accusative | pāstōrem | pāstōrēs |
Ablative | pāstōre | pāstōribus |
Vocative | pāstor | pāstōrēs |
Related terms
- pāscitō
- pāscō
- pāscuus
Descendants
- Asturian: pastor
- Esperanto: pastro
- Friulian: pastôr
- → German: Pastor
- → Romanian: pastor
- Italian: pastore
- → Middle Dutch: pastoor
- Dutch: pastoor
- Afrikaans: pastoor
- → Arawak: pastoro
- → Papiamentu: pastor
- → West Frisian: pastoar
- Limburgish: pestoear
- West Flemish: paster
- Dutch: pastoor
- Old French: pastre
- French: pâtre
- → Old French: pastor
- → English: pastor
- French: pasteur
- Norman: pâteu'
- Old Occitan: pastor
- Catalan: pastor
- Occitan: pastor
- Old Occitan:
- Occitan: pastre
- Portuguese: pastor
- Romanian: păstor
- Romansch: pastur, pastour
- → Russian: пастор (pastor)
- → Kazakh: пастор (pastor)
- Sicilian: pasturi
- Spanish: pastor
- → Cebuano: pastor
- → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: paxtol
- → Tagalog: pastol, pastor
- → Swedish: pastor
- → Finnish: pastori
- Venetian: pastor
References
- “pastor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pastor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pastor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “pastor”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pastor.
Noun
pastor m (definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorer, definite plural pastorene)
- (religion) a pastor
References
- “pastor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pastor.
Noun
pastor m (definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorar, definite plural pastorane)
- (religion) a pastor
References
- “pastor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- pastur
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pastor, pastōrem. Compare the inherited doublet pastre.
Noun
pastor m (oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastre, nominative plural pastor)
- shepherd
- (Christianity) pastor
Descendants
- English: pastor
- French: pasteur, pâtre
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin pastor, pastōrem.
Noun
pastor m (oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastors, nominative plural pastor)
- shepherd
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pastor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpas.tɔr/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -astɔr
- Syllabification: pas‧tor
Noun
pastor m pers
- pastor (in Protestant churches)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ksiądz
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | pastor | pastorzy (pastorowie) |
genitive | pastora | pastorów |
dative | pastorowi | pastorom |
accusative | pastora | pastorów |
instrumental | pastorem | pastorami |
locative | pastorze | pastorach |
vocative | pastorze | pastorzy (pastorowie) |
Further reading
- pastor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pastor in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
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Etymology
From Old Portuguese pastor, from Latin pastōrem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pasˈtoʁ/ [pasˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pasˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /paʃˈtoʁ/ [paʃˈtoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pasˈtoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐʃˈtoɾ/
- Hyphenation: pas‧tor
Noun
pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora, feminine plural pastoras)
- herdsman; herder (someone who tends livestock)
- (in particular) shepherd (someone who tends sheep)
- herding dog (any of several breeds of dog originally used to herd livestock)
- Ellipsis of pastor alemão.
- (figurative, chiefly religion) shepherd (one who watches over or guides others)
- (Protestantism) the chief clergyman of a Protestant congregation: a pastor, minister or parson
Derived terms
- pastora
- pastor alemão
- pastorar
- pastor australiano
- pastor belga
- pastor de Shetland
- pastorear
- pastoril
- pastorinha
- pastorinho (diminutive)
- pastorzão (augmentative)
- pastorzinho (diminutive)
Related terms
- pascer
- pastar
- pasto
- pastoral
- pastoreio
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pastor, from Latin pastor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpas.tor/
Noun
pastor m (plural pastori)
- (Protestantism) pastor, priest
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pastor | pastorul | (niște) pastori | pastorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) pastor | pastorului | (unor) pastori | pastorilor |
vocative | pastorule | pastorilor |
Related terms
- pastoral
- pastorală
See also
- preot
References
- pastor in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish pastor, from Latin pastōrem. Compare Italian pastore.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pasˈtoɾ/ [pasˈt̪oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: pas‧tor
Noun
pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora, feminine plural pastoras)
- shepherd
- herder
- pastor, priest
Derived terms
- gazpacho pastor
- mate del pastor
- pastel del pastor
- pastor alemán
- pastor australiano
- perro pastor
Related terms
- pacer
- pasto
- pastoral
- pasta
- pastar
Descendants
- → Cebuano: pastor
- → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: paxtol
- → Tagalog: pastol, pastor
Further reading
- “pastor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Noun
pastor c
- A pastor, priest.
- indefinite plural of pasta.
Declension
Declension of pastor | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pastor | pastorn | pastorer | pastorerna |
Genitive | pastors | pastorns | pastorers | pastorernas |
Descendants
- Finnish: pastori
Anagrams
- portas, postar, ropats, sporta
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastol, an early borrowing.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pas‧tor
- IPA(key): /pasˈtoɾ/, [pɐsˈtoɾ]
Noun
pastór
- (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
- (Protestantism) pastor
Related terms
- pastoral
Further reading
- “pastor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin pastor, pastōrem. Compare Italian pastore.
Noun
pastor m (plural pastori) or pastor m (plural pasturi)
- shepherd