pastor
pas·tor [pastor pastors pastored pastoring] BrE [ˈpɑːstə(r)] NAmE [ˈpæstər] noun a minister in charge of a Christian church or group, especially in some ↑Nonconformist churches Word Origin: late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pastour, from Latin pastor ‘shepherd’, from past- ‘fed, grazed’, from the verb pascere. Example Bank: •He was ordained a pastor in the Lutheran Church. •He was the associate pastor at a church in Portland. •a pastor serving a mainly Hispanic congregation
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