# pastor
## English
### Alternative forms

* pastour (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English pastour, from Old French pastor (Modern French pasteur), from Latin pāstor.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɑːstə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈpæstɚ/
* Rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ), -æstə(ɹ)
* Homophone: pasta (Australia, New Zealand, Northern England)

### Noun

pastor (plural pastors)
* (now rare) Someone who tends to a flock of animals: synonym of shepherd.
* Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people.
    Synonym: shepherd
    Hypernym: cleric
    Coordinate terms: imam, guru, rabbi, sangha
* (Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.
    Synonyms: elder, pastor-teacher
    Hypernym: cleric
* (Roman Catholicism, US) The main priest serving a parish.
    Synonym: parish priest
    Hypernym: cleric
    Coordinate term: parochial vicar
* A bird, the rosy starling.
** 1944, Country Life, volume 95, page 820: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.

#### Derived terms

* pastorage
* pastoral
* pastorate
* pastoress
* rose-colored pastor
* rose-coloured pastor
* rosy pastor

#### Related terms

* al pastor

#### Translations

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### Verb

pastor (third-person singular simple present pastors, present participle pastoring, simple past and past participle pastored)
* (Christianity, transitive, intransitive, stative) To serve a congregation as pastor
** 2009 January 21, Shaila Dewan, “Epic Campaign Divided Family, Then United It”, in New York Times‎:As they pastored churches in Georgia and Texas, they supported talented black politicians who were unable to win statewide office.

### See also

* cleric
* father
* minister
* parson
* priest
* reverend
* vicar

### Anagrams

* Portas, Sproat, asport, portas, sap rot, saprot

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəsˈto]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pasˈtoɾ]

### Noun

pastor m (plural pastors)
* shepherd, herder
* pastor, priest

#### Derived terms

* pastor alemany

#### Related terms

* pastura
* pasturar
* péixer

### References

* “pastor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pastor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pastor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pastor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastores.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pas‧tor
* IPA: /pasˈtoɾ/ [pɐs̪ˈt̪oɾ̪]

### Noun

pastór
* herder
* (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
* (Protestantism) pastor

#### Related terms

* pasto
* pastora
* pastores

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch pastoor, from Middle Dutch pastōor, from Latin pāstor, from pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pastor/
* Hyphenation: pas‧tor

### Noun

pastor (plural pastor-pastor)
* (Christianity, Roman Catholicism) parish priest

#### Alternative forms

* pastur

#### Derived terms

* kepastoran
* pastoran
* pastor pembantu

#### Related terms

* pastoral

### Further reading

* “pastor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

From pāscō (“to feed, maintain, pasture, graze”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpaːs.tor/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpas.tor/, [ˈpäst̪or]

### Noun

pāstor m (genitive pāstōris, feminine pāstrīx); third declension
* A person who tends sheep; shepherd.
** 25 BC, Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; II, i, 43–4
    Navita de ventis, de tauris narrat arator, Enumerat miles vulnera, pastor oves.
       The sailor tells of winds, the ploughman of bulls, the soldier counts his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
* A Christian who takes care of the spiritual needs of other Christians
** 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Ephesians 4:11
    et ipse dedit quosdam quidem apostolos quosdam autem prophetas alios vero evangelistas alios autem pastores et doctoresAnd he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* pāstōrius
* pāstōrālis

#### Related terms

* pāscitō
* pāscō
* pāscor
* pāscuus

#### Descendants

* Asturian: pastor
* Esperanto: pastro
* Friulian: pastôr
* → German: Pastor
** → Romanian: pastor
* Italian: pastore
* → Middle Dutch: pastoor
** Dutch: pastoor
*** Afrikaans: pastoor
*** → Indonesian: pastor
*** → Javanese: ꦥꦱ꧀ꦠꦸꦂ (pastur)
*** → Lokono: pastoro
*** → Papiamentu: pastor
*** → West Frisian: pastoar
** Limburgish: pestoear
** West Flemish: paster
* Old French: (from the nominative) pastre
** French: pâtre m
* Old French: (from the accusative or genitive) pastor
** French: pasteur
** Norman: pâteu'
** → Middle English: pastour
*** English: pastor
* Old Occitan: (from the accusative) pastor
** Catalan: pastor
** Occitan: pastor
* Old Occitan: (from the nominative)
** Occitan: pastre
* Portuguese: pastor
* Romanian: păstor
* Romansch: pastur, pastour
* → Russian: пастор (pastor)
** → Kazakh: пастор (pastor)
* Sicilian: pasturi
* Spanish: pastor
** → Cebuano: pastor
** → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: paxtol
** → Tagalog: pastol, pastor
* → Swedish: pastor
** → Finnish: pastori
* Venetan: pastor

### References

* “pastor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “pastor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "pastor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “pastor”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāstor.

### Noun

pastor m (definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorer, definite plural pastorene)
* (religion) pastor

### References

* “pastor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāstor.

### Noun

pastor m (definite singular pastoren, indefinite plural pastorar, definite plural pastorane)
* (religion) pastor

### References

* “pastor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan pastor, from Latin accusative pāstorem (Latin pāstor).
Cf. also pastre from the Latin nominative.
Cognates include French pasteur, Norman pâteu', Catalan pastor.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

pastor m (plural pastors)
* shepherd
* pastor, priest, minister

#### Related terms

* pàisser, pàsquer

#### See also

* anhèl
* feda
* moton
* oelha
* oelhièr

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* pastur

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Compare the inherited doublet pastre.

### Noun

pastor oblique singular, m (oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastre, nominative plural pastor)
* shepherd
* (Christianity) pastor

#### Descendants

* French: pasteur
* Norman: pâteu'
* → Middle English: pastour
** English: pastor

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From the accusative declension of Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Cf also the form pastre from the nominative.

### Noun

pastor m (oblique plural pastors, nominative singular pastors, nominative plural pastor)
* shepherd
* paster, priest, minister

#### Descendants

* Occitan: pastor

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Pastor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpas.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -astɔr
* Syllabification: pas‧tor

### Noun

pastor m pers
* (Protestantism) pastor (in Protestant churches)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ksiądz

#### Declension
### Further reading

* pastor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pastor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pastor, from Latin pāstōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pasˈtoʁ/ [pasˈtoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pasˈtoʁ/ [pasˈtoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pasˈtoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paʃˈtoʁ/ [paʃˈtoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pasˈtoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐʃˈtoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐʃˈtoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐʃˈto.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pas‧tor

### Noun

pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora, feminine plural pastoras)
* herdsman; herder (someone who tends livestock)
* (in particular) shepherd (someone who tends sheep)
* herding dog (any of several breeds of dog originally used to herd livestock)
** Ellipsis of pastor alemão.
* (figurative, chiefly religion) shepherd (one who watches over or guides others)
* (Protestantism) the chief clergyman of a Protestant congregation: a pastor, minister or parson

#### Derived terms

* pastor alemão
* pastor australiano
* pastor belga
* pastor de Shetland
* pastora
* pastorar
* pastorear
* pastoril
* pastorinha
* pastorinho (diminutive)
* pastorzão (augmentative)
* pastorzinho (diminutive)

#### Related terms

* pascer
* pastar
* pasto
* pastoral
* pastoreio

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Pastor, from Latin pāstor. Compare the inherited doublet păstor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpas.tor/

### Noun

pastor m (plural pastori)
* (Protestantism) pastor, priest

#### Related terms

* pastoral
* pastorală

### See also

* preot

### References

* pastor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pastor, from Latin pāstōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pasˈtoɾ/ [pasˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: pas‧tor

### Noun

pastor m (plural pastores, feminine pastora, feminine plural pastoras)
* shepherd
* herder
* pastor, priest

#### Derived terms

* bolsa del pastor
* cuchara de pastor
* gazpacho pastor
* mate del pastor
* pastel del pastor
* pastor alemán
* pastor australiano
* perro pastor

#### Related terms

* pacer
* pasta
* pastar
* pasto
* pastoral

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: pastor
* → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: paxtol
* → Tagalog: pastol, pastor

### Further reading

* “pastor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pastor c
* pastor, priest
* indefinite plural of pasta

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: pastori

### Anagrams

* portas, postar, ropats, sporta

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pastor. Doublet of pastol, an early borrowing.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /pasˈtoɾ/ [pɐsˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: pas‧tor

### Noun

pastór (feminine pastora, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)
* (Catholicism) parish priest; pastor
* (Protestantism) church minister; pastor

#### Related terms

* Pastor
* pastoral

### Further reading

* “pastor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin pāstor, pāstōrem. Compare Italian pastore.

### Noun

pastor m (plural pastori) or pastor m (plural pasturi)
* shepherd