Pastor

pas′tur, n. one who has care of a flock: a shepherd: a clergyman.— adj. Pas′toral , relating to shepherds or to shepherd life: rustic: of or pertaining to the pastor of a church: addre ed to the clergy of a diocese by their bishop.— n. a poem which describes the scenery and life of the country: a letter or an addre by a pastor to his people, or by a bishop to his clergy: ( mus. ) a simple melody.— n. Pas′toralism , pastoral character.— adv. Pas′to rally .— ns. Pas′to rate , Pas′torship , the office of a pastor: the time during which one has been a pastor: the whole body of pastors in one church or district.— adj. Pas′torly , becoming a pastor.— Pastoral addre , or letter (see Pastoral , n. ); Pastoral charge , position of a pastor: the church, ., over which a pastor is placed: an addre to a newly ordained minister; Pastoral epistles , those in the New Test. to Timothy and Titus; Pastoral staff , a tall staff borne as an emblem of episcopal authority, headed like a shepherd's crook, or having a T-shaped head; Pastoral theology , that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors; Pastoral work , the work of a pastor in visiting his people. [L., pascĕre , pastum , to feed.]