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pastors

pastors is the plural of pastor.

pastors is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pastor.

Meaning of pastor

Noun

pastor (plural pastors)

  1. (archaic) Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.
  2. (countable) A minister or priest in a church.
  3. (US, countable) The main priest serving a parish.
    • The pastor told CNN on Tuesday that no members of his megachurch have contracted the virus. MacArthur also said he doubted the accuracy of California’s coronavirus numbers. […] Most of the pastors who have bucked the rules are fringe figures in American Christianity.2020 August 12, Daniel Burke, “California church defies public health orders, holds indoor services for thousands with no social distancing”, in CNN
  4. A bird, the rosy starling.
    • Agricultural officers have put it on record that the pastor must on balance be considered beneficial on account of the vast quantities of locusts which it destroys.1944, Country Life, volume 95, page 820

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Phrases with pastors

Questions about pastors

What is pastors the plural of?
Pastors is the plural of pastor.

Words near pastors in the dictionary

  1. pastorlessness
  2. pastorlike
  3. pastorly
  4. pastorpreneur
  5. pastorpreneurs
  6. pastors
  7. pastorship
  8. pastorships
  9. pastose
  10. pastosity
  11. pastour

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