Definitions

pastor

[pas-ter, pah-ster] / ˈpæs tər, ˈpɑ stər /

NOUN

person who conducts church services

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cleric minister preacher priest rector vicar

STRONG

divine ecclesiastic parson reverend shepherd

Example Sentences

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A PASTOR, A RABBI’S SON and an Israeli-born chef walk into a doughnut shop: It sounds like a setup awaiting a punch line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2015

Enter STEIN, uneasy; then BASTIAN; later, the PASTOR.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig by Various

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