pastor

See also: Pastor, pastôr, and păstor

English edit

Alternative forms edit

pastour (obsolete)

Etymology edit

From Middle English pastour, from Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pāstor.

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːstə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæstɚ/
Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ)
Homophone: pasta (Australia, New Zealand, Northern England)

Noun edit

pastor (plural pastors)

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

Hypernym: cleric

Coordinate terms: imam, guru, rabbi, sangha
(Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.
Synonyms: elder, pastor-teacher

Hypernym: cleric
(Roman Catholicism, US) The main priest serving a parish.
Synonym: parish priest

Hypernym: cleric

Coordinate term: parochial vicar
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.

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

al pastor

Translations edit

shepherd — see shepherd

minister or priest

Arabic: قِسِّيس (ar) m (qissīs)
Belarusian: па́стар m (pástar)
Bulgarian: па́стор (bg) m (pástor)
Catalan: capellà (ca) m (Catholic), mossèn (ca) m (Catholic), sacerdot (ca) m (Catholic), pastor (ca) m (Protestant)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 傳道人／传道人 (cyun⁴ dou⁶ jan⁴), 牧師／牧师 (muk⁶ si¹) (usually ordained)

Mandarin: 傳道人／传道人 (chuándàorén), 牧師／牧师 (zh) (mùshī) (usually ordained)
Finnish: pastori (fi), pappi (fi)
French: pasteur (fr) m
German: Pastor (de) m, Pastorin (de) f
Greek: πάστορας (el) m (pástoras)
Indonesian: pendeta (id)
Japanese: 牧師 (ja) (ぼくし, bokushi)
Korean: 목사 (ko) (moksa)
Plautdietsch: Prädja m
Polish: pastor (pl) m
Portuguese: pastor (pt) m
Russian: па́стор (ru) m (pástor)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: faraŕ m
Spanish: pastor (es) m
Tagalog: pastor
Ukrainian: па́стор m (pástor)
Vietnamese: mục sư (vi)

main priest serving a parish

Catalan: rector (ca) m (Catholic), mossèn (ca) m (Catholic)
Finnish: pastori (fi)
Greek: εφημέριος (el) m (efimérios)
Indonesian: pastor (id)
Italian: pastore (it) m
Polish: proboszcz (pl) m
Russian: настоя́тель (ru) m (nastojátelʹ)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: faraŕ m
Tagalog: pastor
Ukrainian: настоя́тель m (nastojátelʹ)
Vietnamese: cha xứ, cha chính xứ, cha chánh xứ

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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Breton: ^{(please verify)} pastor (br) m
Chichewa: ^{(please verify)} mbusa
Chinese:
Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 牧師／牧师 (muk⁶ si¹)

Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 牧師／牧师 (zh) (mùshī)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} pastoor (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} dominee (nl) m
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} pastoro (eo)
Fijian: ^{(please verify)} alatala (fj)
French: ^{(please verify)} pasteur (fr) m
Galician: ^{(please verify)} pastor (gl) m
German: ^{(please verify)} Pastor (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Pastorin (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Pfarrer (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Pfarrerin (de) f
Alemannic German: ^{(please verify)} Heer m
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} पादरी (hi) (pādrī)
Icelandic: prestur (is) m
Italian: ^{(please verify)} pastore (it)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 牧師 (ja) (bokushi)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 목사님 (moksanim), ^{(please verify)} 목사 (ko) (moksa)
Lingala: ^{(please verify)} mobáteli class 1/2
Norman: ^{(please verify)} pasteur m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} pastor m

Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} pastor m
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} pastor (es) m, ^{(please verify)} pastora (es) f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} pastor (sv)
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} пастор m (pastor)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} bugail m

Verb edit

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, “Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It”, in New York Times‎^[1]:
  As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.

Anagrams edit

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

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

pastor m (plural pastors)

shepherd, herder
pastor, priest

Derived terms edit

pastor alemany

Related terms edit

References edit

“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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastores.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: pas‧tor
IPA^(key): /pasˈtoɾ/, [pʌs̪ˈt̪oɾ̪]

Noun edit

pastór

Related terms edit

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /pastor/
Hyphenation: pas‧tor

Noun edit

pastor (first-person possessive pastorku, second-person possessive pastormu, third-person possessive pastornya)

(Christianity, Roman Catholicism) parish priest

Derived terms edit

pastoran

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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.
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

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pāstor	pāstōrēs
Genitive	pāstōris	pāstōrum
Dative	pāstōrī	pāstōribus
Accusative	pāstōrem	pāstōrēs
Ablative	pāstōre	pāstōribus
Vocative	pāstor	pāstōrēs

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Descendants edit

Asturian: pastor
Esperanto: pastro
Friulian: pastôr
→ German: Pastor
- → Romanian: pastor
Italian: pastore
→ Middle Dutch: pastoor
- Dutch: pastoor
  - Afrikaans: pastoor
  - → Lokono: pastoro
  - → Papiamentu: pastor
  - → West Frisian: pastoar
- Limburgish: pestoear
- West Flemish: paster
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 edit

“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 edit

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

pastor

Wikipedia ^nb

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin pāstor.

Noun edit

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

(religion) pastor

References edit

“pastor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin pāstor.

Noun edit

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

(religion) pastor

References edit

“pastor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

pastur

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

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

shepherd
(Christianity) pastor

Descendants edit

English: pastor
French: pasteur, pâtre

Old Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pāstor, pāstōrem.

Noun edit

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

shepherd

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Pastor.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

pastor m pers

(Protestantism) pastor (in Protestant churches)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ksiądz

Declension edit

Declension of pastor

	singular	plural
nominative	pastor	pastorzy/pastorowie/pastory (deprecative)
genitive	pastora	pastorów
dative	pastorowi	pastorom
accusative	pastora	pastorów
instrumental	pastorem	pastorami
locative	pastorze	pastorach
vocative	pastorze	pastorzy/pastorowie/pastory (deprecative)

Portuguese edit

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

pastor

Wikipedia ^pt

pastor

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.

Pronunciation edit

(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/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈto.ɾi/

Hyphenation: pas‧tor

Noun edit

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)
1. 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

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tor/

Noun edit

pastor m (plural pastori)

(Protestantism) pastor, priest

Declension edit

Declension of pastor

	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 edit

References edit

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

Spanish edit

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Pastor (shepherd)

Wikipedia ^es

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Pastor (priest)

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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

Derived terms edit

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Descendants edit

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

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audio (file)

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pastor c

pastor, priest
indefinite plural of pasta

Declension edit

Declension of pastor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pastor	pastorn	pastorer	pastorerna
Genitive	pastors	pastorns	pastorers	pastorernas

Descendants edit

→ Finnish: pastori

Anagrams edit

portas, postar, ropats, sporta

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pasˈtoɾ/, [pɐsˈtoɾ]
Hyphenation: pas‧tor

Noun edit

pastór (feminine pastora, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

(Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
(Protestantism) church minister; pastor

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From Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

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

shepherd

pastor

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