Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The office, rank, or jurisdiction of a pastor.
- noun A pastor's term of office with one congregation.
- noun A body of pastors.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The status or office of a pastor, or the people under his spiritual care. Hence The time during which a pastor remains in charge of a parish: as, a pastorate of twenty years.
- noun The body of pastors in a given community.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
role orresponsibilities of apastor . - noun The period of
service of a particular pastor to theircongregation ; their term of office. - noun An
organization orbody consisting of multiple pastors.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pastors collectively
- noun the position of pastor
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Examples
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Anyway, as I continue to think about what goes into a long-term pastorate, last night was a revelation.
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Anyway, as I continue to think about what goes into a long-term pastorate, last night was a revelation.
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The two churches will also become part of the same 'pastorate'.
icHuddersfield 2009
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In the discourse delivered to my flock on the twenty-fifth anniversary of my pastorate was the following passage, to whose truth the added years have only added confirmation, “There is still another sweet mercy which has been vouchsafed to me in the true heart that has never faltered and the gentle footstep that has never wearied in the pathway of life for two and thirty years.
Recollections of a Long Life Cuyler, Theodore L 1902
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And, quite honestly, I like the thought of it, perhaps because, although I left the pastorate many years ago, I never left my desire to help others in their spiritual walk.
Steve McSwain: Are We 'Nones' Becoming A Virtual Congregation? Steve McSwain 2011
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He gave up a local pastorate in Enid in 1947 to come in an evangelistic method in Tulsa to urge for a recovering of a total person a body, thoughts as well as spirit.
Evangelist Oral Roberts, pioneer of televangelism who founded ... admin 2009
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I left the pastorate nearly two decades ago, broken and disillusioned.
Steve McSwain: Are We 'Nones' Becoming A Virtual Congregation? Steve McSwain 2011
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He gave up a local pastorate in Enid in 1947 to come in an evangelistic method in Tulsa to urge for a recovering of a total person a body, thoughts as well as spirit.
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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And, quite honestly, I like the thought of it, perhaps because, although I left the pastorate many years ago, I never left my desire to help others in their spiritual walk.
Steve McSwain: Are We 'Nones' Becoming A Virtual Congregation? Steve McSwain 2011
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I left the pastorate nearly two decades ago, broken and disillusioned.
Steve McSwain: Are We 'Nones' Becoming A Virtual Congregation? Steve McSwain 2011
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