- a minister in charge of a Christian church or group, especially in some Nonconformist churches
- He was ordained a pastor in the Lutheran Church.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Lutheran
- Methodist
- Presbyterian
- …
- appoint (somebody)
- ordain (somebody)
- pray
- preach
- serve
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pastour, from Latin pastor ‘shepherd’, from past- ‘fed, grazed’, from the verb pascere.Want to learn more?
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