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pastor

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pastor  \Pas"tor\,  n.  [L.,  fr  pascere  pastum  to  pasture,  to 
  feed.  Cf  {Pabulum},  {Pasture},  {Food}.] 
  1.  A  shepherd;  one  who  has  the  care  of  flocks  and  herds. 
 
  2.  A  guardian;  a  keeper;  specifically  (Eccl.),  a  minister 
  having  the  charge  of  a  church  and  parish. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  species  of  starling  ({Pastor  roseus}),  native 
  of  the  plains  of  Western  Asia  and  Eastern  Europe.  Its  head 
  is  crested  and  glossy  greenish  black,  and  its  back  is 
  rosy.  It  feeds  largely  upon  locusts. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pastor 
  n  1:  a  person  authorized  to  conduct  religious  worship  [syn:  {curate}, 
  {minister},  {parson},  {rector}] 
  2:  only  the  rose-colored  starlings;  in  some  classifications 
  considered  a  separate  genus  [syn:  {Pastor},  {subgenus 
  Pastor}]




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