Meaning of PASTOR
| Pronunciation: | | 'pastur
|
|
|
| |
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
- [n] a person authorized to conduct religious worship
|
| |
PASTOR is a 6 letter word that starts with P. |
| | Synonyms: | | curate, minister, parson, rector, subgenus Pastor |
| |
| | See Also: | | bird genus, clergyman, genus Sturnus, man of the cloth, ministrant, Pastor roseus, Pastor sturnus, reverend, rose-colored pastor, rose-colored starling, Sturnus | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Pas"tor\, n. [L., fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to
feed. Cf. {Pabulum}, {Pasture}, {Food}.]
1. A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.
2. A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister
having the charge of a church and parish.
3. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | abbe, bishop, canon, chaplain, churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, clerk, curate, cure, DD, divine, Doctor of Divinity, ecclesiastic, father, Holy Joe, man of God, military chaplain, minister, padre, parson, priest, rector, reverend, servant of God, shepherd, sky pilot, supply clergy, supply minister, the Reverend, the very Reverend, tonsured cleric, vicar |
| | |
|
|