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Recent Examples of pastor
Walter is the lead pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Deshler, according to reports from WLIO, WTVG and WTOL.
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
More than a dozen people in total were on the ballot, including Adam Miller, the nonprofit executive and entrepreneur, and Rae Huang, the progressive pastor and housing advocate.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Customers can also experience food fusions through a limited-time KC BBQ pizza collaboration with Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que or an al pastor pizza — both through Father’s Day, or until supplies last at each location.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
Weckwerth himself was formerly a Lutheran pastor but found that, as with individuals, nonprofit organizations need guidance navigating challenging times, too.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
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Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
More than a dozen people in total were on the ballot, including Adam Miller, the nonprofit executive and entrepreneur, and Rae Huang, the progressive pastor and housing advocate.
—Paris Barraza, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Customers can also experience food fusions through a limited-time KC BBQ pizza collaboration with Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que or an al pastor pizza — both through Father’s Day, or until supplies last at each location.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
Weckwerth himself was formerly a Lutheran pastor but found that, as with individuals, nonprofit organizations need guidance navigating challenging times, too.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastor
Noun
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About 120 of them engage in adoration and weekend-long spiritual retreats, the first of which saw organizers and the basilica’s rector stay up to prepare the church until well past midnight.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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Fabrizio Giulio Luca Pilo, vice rector of innovation at the University of Cagliari, has been working to help Sardinia transition to cleaner, more reliable energy.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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From the altar, the priest—whom a fellow clergyman introduced as being el Ĉinio, or from China—delivered the readings, blessed the Eucharist, and invited us to interŝanĝi the sign of the paco.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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McColumn is a retired Brigadier General and clergyman from Warner Robins, Georgia.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Stevens, the vicar of the show's main town Walford, often oversaw various milestones for the other characters, including christenings, marriages and funerals.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
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He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Meanwhile, churchmen claimed the authority to restrain violence, encouraged just wars and threatened violent behaviors with spiritual sanctions.—
Joëlle Rollo-Koster,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Not all birth rituals depended on the intercession of a saint or the authority of a churchman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Others called out its shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash, and a Sunday roast dinner as must-haves.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2026
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Said Rahmani often compared his life story to the plot of Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist, in which a young shepherd sets off on a long and winding journey to find his treasure, only to learn that it was buried near his home all along.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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John Carroll, who became the first American bishop in 1790, was devoted to Mary throughout his life.—
Bridget Retzloff,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
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Pham is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego.—
Michael Pham,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2026
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The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Apr. 2024
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“Pastor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastor. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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