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pastorizing

pastorizing is the present participle and gerund of pastorize.

Meaning of pastorize

Verb

pastorize (third-person singular simple present pastorizes, present participle pastorizing, simple past and past participle pastorized)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To perform the religious duties of a pastor.
    • To ascertain what he actually was, how he preached and pastorized, the distant reader has only to consult his various works.1860, John Campbell, John Angel James, page 89

Questions about pastorizing

What is pastorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Pastorizing is the present participle and gerund of pastorize.

Words near pastorizing in the dictionary

  1. Pastorius
  2. Pastoriuses
  3. pastorize
  4. pastorized
  5. pastorizes
  6. pastorizing
  7. pastorless
  8. pastorlessness
  9. pastorlike
  10. pastorly
  11. pastorpreneur

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