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pastour

pastour is the obsolete form of pastor.

pastour is the obsolete spelling 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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Forms of pastour

Noun
pluralpastours
Verb
third-person singular presentpastours
present participlepastouring
past participlepastoured
pastpastoured

Questions about pastour

What is pastour the obsolete form of?
Pastour is the obsolete form of pastor.

Words near pastour in the dictionary

  1. pastors
  2. pastorship
  3. pastorships
  4. pastose
  5. pastosity
  6. pastour
  7. pastourelle
  8. pastourelles
  9. pastours
  10. pastrama
  11. pastrame

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