pastor

See also: Pastor, pastôr, and păstor

English

Alternative forms

• pastour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pastor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːstə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæstɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Noun

pastor (plural pastors)

1. (now rare) A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
2. Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people
3. A minister or a priest in a Christian church.
4. 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.

Synonyms

• shepherd (in a figurative, religious sense)

Coordinate terms

• imam, guru, rabbi, sangha

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pastorage
• pastoral

• pastorate
• pastoress

Translations

shepherd — see shepherd

a minister or priest

• Breton: pastor (br) m
• Catalan: pastor (ca) m
• Chichewa: mbusa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牧師, 牧师 (muk⁶ si¹)

  Mandarin: 牧師 (zh), 牧师 (zh) (mùshī)

• Dutch: pastoor (nl)
• Fijian: alatala (fj)
• Finnish: pastori (fi), pappi (fi)
• French: pasteur (fr) m
• Galician: pastor (gl) m
• German: Pastor (de) m, Pastorin f, Pfarrer (de) m, Pfarrerin (de) f

  Alemannic German: Heer m

• Greek: πάστορας (el) m (pástoras)
• Hindi: पादरी (hi) (pādrī)
• Icelandic: prestur (is) m
• Indonesian: pastor (id) (Roman Catholic), pendeta (id)
• Italian: pastore (it)

• Japanese: 牧師 (bokushi)
• Korean: 목사 (ko) (moksa)
• Lingala: mobáteli class 1/2
• Norman: pasteur m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pastor m

  Nynorsk: pastor m

• Polish: (in Protestant churches) pastor (pl) m
• Portuguese: pastor (pt) m
• Russian: па́стор (ru) m (pástor), па́стырь (ru) m (pástyrʹ)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: faraŕ m

• Spanish: pastor (es) m, pastora (es) f
• Swedish: pastor (sv)
• Ukrainian: пастор m (pastor)
• Vietnamese: linh mục (vi), mục sư (vi)
• Welsh: bugail m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} pastoor (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} dominee (nl) m
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} pastoro (eo)
• French: ^{(please verify)} pasteur (fr) m

• Greek: ^{(please verify)} ποιμήν (el) m (poimín), ^{(please verify)} ποιμένας (el) m (poiménas), ^{(please verify)} πάστορας (el) m (pástoras)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 목사님 (moksanim)

Verb

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

1. (Christianity, transitive, intransitive) To serve a congregation as pastor
   • 2009, January 21, “Shaila Dewan”, in Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It‎^[1]:

     As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.

See also

• cleric
• father
• minister
• parson
• priest
• vicar
• reverend

Anagrams

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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pastor, from Latin pastor, pastōrem.

Noun

pastor m (plural pastors)

1. shepherd, herder
2. pastor, priest

Related terms

• péixer

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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. (Catholicism) parish priest

Derived terms

• pastoran

 

Further reading

• “pastor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaːs.tor/, [ˈpaːs.t̪ɔr]

Noun

pāstor m (genitive pāstōris); third declension

1. A person who tends sheep; shepherd.
   • 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

     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

Third-declension noun.

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

Related terms

• pāscitō
• pāscō
• pāscuus

Descendants

• Asturian: pastor
• Catalan: pastor
• Dutch: pastoor
• English: pastor
• Esperanto: pastro
• Finnish: pastori
• French: pasteur, pâtre
• Friulian: pastôr
• German: Pastor
• Italian: pastore

• Norman: pasteur
• Occitan: pastre, pastor
• Portuguese: pastor
• Romanian: păstor
• Romansch: pastur, pastour
• Sicilian: pasturi
• Spanish: pastor
• Swedish: pastor
• Venetian: pastor

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, 1883–1887)
• pastor in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pastor.

Noun

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

1. (religion) a pastor

References

• “pastor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pastor.

Noun

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

1. (religion) a pastor

References

• “pastor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• pastur

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pastor, pastōrem. Compare the inherited doublet pastre.

Noun

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

1. shepherd
2. (Christianity) pastor

Descendants

• English: pastor
• French: pasteur

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pastor, pastōrem.

Noun

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

1. shepherd

Descendants

• Catalan: pastor

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pastor.

Noun

pastor m pers

1. pastor (in Protestant churches)

Declension

declension of pastor

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

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Portuguese

pastor

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pastor, from Latin pastor, pastōrem.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈtoɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈtoʁ/
• 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. Short for pastor alemão.
4. (figuratively, 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

• pastorzinho, pastorinho (diminutives)
• pastorzão (augmentative)

• pastora
• pastor alemão
• pastorar
• pastor australiano
• pastor belga
• pastor de Shetland
• pastorear
• pastoril
• pastorinha

 

Related terms

• pascer
• pastar
• pasto
• pastoral
• pastoreio

 

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tor/

Noun

pastor m (plural pastori)

1. (Protestantism) pastor, priest

Declension

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

• pastoral
• pastorală

See also

• preot

References

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish pastor, from Latin pastor, through the singular accusative (pastōrem), where the stressed vowel is "o" (in the nominative case, it is "a"), like in Italian pastore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pa̠sˈto̞ɾ].

Noun

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

1. shepherd
2. herder
3. pastor, priest

Related terms

• pacer
• pasto
• pastoral
• pasta
• pastar

Descendants

• → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: paxtol

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Noun

pastor c

1. A pastor, priest.
2. indefinite plural of pasta

Declension

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

Descendants

• Finnish: pastori

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin pastor, pastōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

Noun

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

1. shepherd