Meaning

4 senses
  1. Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people.

    (countable)A minister or priest in a church.

    Pastor, Pastorin

    па́сторpástor

    па́сторpástor

  2. (US, countable)The main priest serving a parish.

    настоя́тельnastojátelʹ

    настоя́тельnastojátelʹ

  3. A bird, the rosy starling.

  4. (archaic)Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.

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

Examples

74 sentences
  1. Tom is a pastor.

    Том — пастор.

    ruТом — пастор.

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  2. Tom became a pastor.

    Том став пастором.

    ruТом стал пастором.

    deTom wurde Pfarrer.

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  3. I became a pastor.

    Я став пастором.

    ruЯ стал пастором.

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  4. Tom isn't a pastor.

    Том не пастор.

    ruТом не пастор.

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  5. You're still a pastor, aren't you?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
minister or priest:
main priest serving a parish:
Русский
By meaning 2
minister or priest:
main priest serving a parish:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
minister or priest:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: pastors
Singularpastor
Pluralpastors

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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