impastor

English

Etymology

Blend of impostor +‎ pastor.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpæstɚ/

Noun

impastor (plural impastors)

(Christianity, informal, derogatory) Someone who pretends to be a pastor; a false teacher.
- 2003 April 26, Celestial, “Belief in God”, in alt.philosophy‎^[1] (Usenet):
  Anyways, please by all means, this man is an Impastor, and it is wrong of him to present himself as such.
- 2006 March 6, Les Hellawell, “Ignorant Atheist Idiots”, in alt.atheism‎^[2] (Usenet):
  At least you have the common sense not to buy fake religions as touted round by impastors
- 2011, Greg Paul, Close Enough to Hear God Breathe: The Great Story of Divine Intimacy, Nashville: Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 119:
  I felt even more like an impostor. Impastor.
- 2014 November 13, @Protestia, X‎^[3], archived from the original on 2024-07-01:
  I'm not referring to tattoos. I'm referring the ungodly, foul-mouthed impastor in the back seat.
- 2023 October 16, u/Cerberus_Rising, Reddit‎^[4], archived from the original on 2024-07-01:
  It’s pretty well known so I’m surprised that all those moronic impastors are so progressive, unless…
- 2024 April 15, @DanielRHyde, X‎^[5], archived from the original on 2024-07-01:
  In this cosplay, @TuckerCarlson plays the Leninist “useful idiot” to the self-ordained impastor, whose delusional desire for power, would round up liberal Episcopalians like Tucker & use blasphemy laws to “disappear” them all from their #datpostmil Utopia
- 2024 June 23, @farmingandJesus, X‎^[6], archived from the original on 2024-07-01:
  American impastors using the Bible for unnecessary sermon illustrations is no different than this woman tearing it up.