plural pastors
: a spiritual overseer
especially
: a clergyperson serving a local church or parish
Examples of pastor in a Sentence
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Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Each pastor took the microphone to deliver impassioned prayers to the audience.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
My call there is to work hard to pastor it as a parish, but also to send out the message of the unity of the church of all parishes under the archbishop.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
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Noun
Lawson, who for decades worked as a pastor, labor movement organizer and university professor, died Sunday of cardiac arrest en route to a Los Angeles hospital, his son J. Morris Lawson III told the Washington Post.
—Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Each pastor took the microphone to deliver impassioned prayers to the audience.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
Verb
Donna Nez, who pastors the Hard Rock Community Church in northwest Arizona, also opposes the bill.
—Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
My call there is to work hard to pastor it as a parish, but also to send out the message of the unity of the church of all parishes under the archbishop.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
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“Pastor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pastor. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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