Pastorship
121benefice — n 1. sinecure, office, preferment; rector ate, Brit. rectory, pastorate, pastorship; presbyterate, curacy, priorate, abbacy, chaplaincy, chaplainship, vicarate, vicarage, vicariage; bishopric, see, episcopate, archbishopric, primacy, cardinalate; …
122pastorate — n pastorship, rectorship, vicarship, can onship, deanship, presbyterate, deaconry, chaplaincy, abbacy, prelacy; pastorage, vicarage, parish, church, flock; episcopate, bishopric, canonry, presbytery; see, diocese, chapter, province, jurisdiction …
123pastorate — [pas′tər it] n. 1. a) the position, rank, or duties of a pastor b) a pastor s term of office: also pastorship 2. the whole body of pastors or a specific group of these …
124minister of religion — noun a person authorized to conduct religious worship clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches • Syn: ↑curate, ↑minister, ↑parson, ↑pastor, ↑rector • Derivationally related forms: ↑pastoral …
125Pastor — n. 1 a minister in charge of a church or a congregation. 2 a person exercising spiritual guidance. 3 a pink starling, Sturnus roseus. Derivatives: pastorship n. Etymology: ME f. AF & OF pastour f. L pastor oris shepherd f. pascere past feed,… …
126pastor — n. 1 a minister in charge of a church or a congregation. 2 a person exercising spiritual guidance. 3 a pink starling, Sturnus roseus. Derivatives: pastorship n. Etymology: ME f. AF & OF pastour f. L pastor oris shepherd f. pascere past feed,… …
