pastor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A bird, the rosy starling.

   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.

2. 2
   verb

   To serve a congregation as pastor

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

3. 3
   name

   A surname originating as an occupation.

   “A joyride gone terribly wrong,” Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said during a news conference in Steilacoom, which is about 3 miles from the island.

4. 4
   noun

   a person authorized to conduct religious worship

5. 5
   noun

   Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.

6. 6
   noun

   Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people.

Etymology

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