Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

pastor

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


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

A lanky 44-year-old who painted himself as an earnest advocate for taxpayer efficiency, Sand has tried to conjure up a public perception as half Atticus Finch, half youth pastor.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Lincoln, the grandson of an immigrant and the son of a teenage mother, talked up his experiences in the military and as a pastor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Baudoux, the mayor, said he had come to the town of Taybeh, a Christian stronghold, along with his local pastor from France to sign a goodwill agreement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Instead, they congregated last Thursday to hear from Cliffe Knechtle, a 72-year-old evangelical pastor who promised answers to life’s most pressing questions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The pastor started off talking about the importance of Juneteenth, equating the plight of black slaves to the Israelites in ancient Egypt.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

Still, for anyone remaining on the fence, it might not help that some of the pastors who’ve put their support behind Ramaswamy are steeped in controversy.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026

Bernice Nartey, a passenger travelling to Kumasi, says pastors should be allowed to preach, but only with passengers' consent.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I remember helping organize a food bank with several other pastors in the inner city on the Eastern seaboard.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ren insisted that financial giving -- used partly to pay pastors -- is part of Biblical teaching practised by Christian churches.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Activist pastors from South Korean churches invented the escape trade in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hiring border operatives who greased the palms of North Korean guards with cash donated by parishioners in Seoul.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden


Vocabulary lists containing pastor

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training