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pastoresses

pastoresses is the plural of pastoress.

Meaning of pastoress

Noun

pastoress (plural pastoresses)

  1. (dated) A female pastor (person who tends to a flock).
    • The first Mrs. Kirke was, I judge, a sedate pastoress, who looked well after her household and her husband's flock.1868, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, Volume 5
    Synonyms:
    pastrix, shepherdess
  2. (dated) A female pastor (minister or priest of a Christian church).
    Synonyms:
    pastrix

Questions about pastoresses

What is pastoresses the plural of?
Pastoresses is the plural of pastoress.

Words near pastoresses in the dictionary

  1. Pastore della Lessinia e del Lagorai
  2. pastored
  3. pastorela
  4. Pastores
  5. pastoress
  6. pastoresses
  7. pastorhood
  8. Pastoria
  9. Pastoria East
  10. pastoring
  11. pastorium

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