pastor

See also: Pastor, pastôr, and păstor

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/

• Audio (UK)

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

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. (Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.
4. (Roman Catholicism, US) The main priest serving a parish.
5. 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

• (someone with spiritual authority): shepherd
• (minister or priest in a church): elder
• (main priest serving a parish): parish priest

Coordinate terms

• (someone with spiritual authority): imam, guru, rabbi, sangha
• (main priest serving a parish): parochial vicar

Derived terms

Derived terms

• pastorage
• pastoral
• pastorate
• pastoress

Translations

shepherd — see shepherd

a minister or priest

• Arabic: قِسِّيس‎ (ar) m (qissīs)
• Belarusian: па́стар m (pástar)
• Bulgarian: па́стор (bg) m (pástor)
• 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 (zh), 牧师 (zh) (mùshī) (usually ordained)

• Finnish: pastori (fi), pappi (fi)
• French: pasteur (fr) m
• German: Pastor (de) m
• 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

• 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

• Ukrainian: настоя́тель m (nastojátelʹ)
• Tagalog: pastor
• 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.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} pastor (br) m
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} pastor (ca) m
• Chichewa: ^{(please verify)} mbusa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 牧師, ^{(please verify)} 牧师 (muk⁶ si¹)

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 牧師 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 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

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 Catalan pastor, from Latin pastōrem.

Noun

pastor m (plural pastors)

1. shepherd, herder
2. pastor, priest

Derived terms

• pastor alemany

Related terms

• 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, 2023
• “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.

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Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastores.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pastór

1. herder
2. (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
3. (Protestantism) pastor

Related terms

• pasto
• pastora
• pastores

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

1. (Christianity, Roman Catholicism) parish priest

Derived terms

• pastoran

 

Further reading

• “pastor” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪ɔr]
• (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

     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
• Esperanto: pastro
• Friulian: pastôr
• → German: Pastor
  • → Romanian: pastor
• Italian: pastore
• → Middle Dutch: pastoor
  • Dutch: pastoor
    • Afrikaans: pastoor
    • → Arawak: 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

• “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 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

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pastor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tɔr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -astɔr
• Syllabification: pas‧tor

Noun

pastor m pers

1. pastor (in Protestant churches)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ksiądz

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)

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

pastor

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pastor, from Latin pastōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈtoʁ/ [pasˈtoh]

• (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/

• 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. (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

• pastora
• pastor alemão
• pastorar
• pastor australiano
• pastor belga
• pastor de Shetland
• pastorear
• pastoril
• pastorinha
• pastorinho (diminutive)
• pastorzão (augmentative)
• pastorzinho (diminutive)

 

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 pastōrem. 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

• gazpacho pastor
• mate del pastor
• pastel del pastor
• pastor alemán
• pastor australiano
• perro pastor

 

Related terms

• pacer
• pasto
• pastoral
• pasta
• pastar

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “pastor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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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

Anagrams

• portas, postar, ropats, sporta

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Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pastór

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

Related terms

• pastoral

Further reading

• “pastor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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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