pastor

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship
noun only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

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

THE VILLAGE PASTOR AND SCHOOL-MASTER. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
Her pastor patted her hand. — Children of the Tenements, Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
What shall the pastor do? — The Chautauqua Girls At Home, Pansy

curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, rector

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