pastor

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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/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ)
• Homophone: pasta (Australia, New Zealand, Northern England)

Noun

pastor (plural pastors)

1. (now rare) Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.
2. Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people.

   Synonym: shepherd

   Hypernym: cleric

   Coordinate terms: imam, guru, rabbi, sangha

3. (Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.

   Synonyms: elder, pastor-teacher

   Hypernym: cleric

4. (Roman Catholicism, US) The main priest serving a parish.

   Synonym: parish priest

   Hypernym: cleric

   Coordinate term: parochial vicar

5. A bird, the rosy starling.

Derived terms

Related terms

• al pastor

Translations

Verb

pastor (third-person singular simple present pastors, present participle pastoring, simple past and past participle pastored)

1. (Christianity, transitive, intransitive, stative) To serve a congregation as pastor

See also

Anagrams

• Portas, Sproat, asport, portas, sap rot, saprot

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəsˈto]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pasˈtoɾ]

Noun

pastor m (plural pastors)

1. shepherd, herder
2. pastor, priest

Derived terms

• pastor alemany

Related terms

• pastura
• pasturar
• 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, 2024
• “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/ [pɐs̪ˈt̪oɾ̪]

Noun

pastór

1. herder
2. (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
3. (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 (plural pastor-pastor, first-person possessive pastorku, second-person possessive pastormu, third-person possessive pastornya)

1. (Christianity, Roman Catholicism) parish priest

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pastor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.tor/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tor/, [ˈpäst̪or]

Noun

pāstor m (genitive pāstōris, feminine pāstrīx); third declension

1. 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.

2. A Christian who takes care of the spiritual needs of other Christians
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Ephesians 4:11

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• pāstōrius
• pāstōrālis

Related terms

• pāscitō
• pāscō
• pāscor
• pāscuus

Descendants

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 and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāstor.

Noun

pastor m (definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorer, definite plural pastorene)

1. (religion) pastor

References

• “pastor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāstor.

Noun

pastor m (definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorar, definite plural pastorane)

1. (religion) pastor

References

• “pastor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pastor, from Latin accusative pāstorem (Latin pāstor).

Cf. also pastre from the Latin nominative.

Cognates include French pasteur, Norman pâteu', Catalan pastor.

Pronunciation

Noun

pastor m (plural pastors)

1. shepherd
2. pastor, priest, minister

Related terms

• pàisser, pàsquer

See also

• anhèl
• feda
• moton
• oelha
• oelhièr

Old French

Alternative forms

• pastur

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Compare the inherited doublet pastre.

Noun

pastor oblique singular, m (oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastre, nominative plural pastor)

1. shepherd
2. (Christianity) pastor

Descendants

• French: pasteur
• Norman: pâteu'
• → Middle English: pastour
  • English: pastor

Old Occitan

Etymology

From the accusative declension of Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Cf also the form pastre from the nominative.

Noun

pastor m (oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastors, nominative plural pastor)

1. shepherd
2. paster, priest, minister

Descendants

• Occitan: pastor

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pastor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tɔr/
• Rhymes: -astɔr
• Syllabification: pas‧tor

Noun

pastor m pers

1. (Protestantism) pastor (in Protestant churches)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ksiądz

Declension

Further reading

• pastor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pastor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pas‧tor

Noun

pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora, feminine plural pastoras)

1. herdsman; herder (someone who tends livestock)
2. (in particular) shepherd (someone who tends sheep)
3. herding dog (any of several breeds of dog originally used to herd livestock)
   1. Ellipsis of pastor alemão.
4. (figurative, chiefly religion) shepherd (one who watches over or guides others)
5. (Protestantism) the chief clergyman of a Protestant congregation: a pastor, minister or parson

Derived terms

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Pastor, from Latin pāstor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tor/

Noun

pastor m (plural pastori)

1. (Protestantism) pastor, priest

Declension

Related terms

• pastoral
• pastorală

See also

• preot

References

• pastor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pastor, from Latin pāstōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtoɾ/ [pasˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pas‧tor

Noun

pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora, feminine plural pastoras)

1. shepherd
2. herder
3. pastor, priest

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Cebuano: pastor
• → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: paxtol
• → Tagalog: pastol, pastor

Further reading

• “pastor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

pastor c

1. pastor, priest
2. indefinite plural of pasta

Declension

Descendants

• → Finnish: pastori

Anagrams

• portas, postar, ropats, sporta

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastol, an early borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pasˈtoɾ/ [pɐsˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pas‧tor

Noun

pastór (feminine pastora, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

1. (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
2. (Protestantism) church minister; pastor

Related terms

• Pastor
• pastoral

Further reading

• “pastor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

Noun

pastor m (plural pastori) or pastor m (plural pasturi)

1. shepherd