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PASTOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus
Synonyms:
Pastor; subgenus Pastor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pastor" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Pastor"):
Pastor roseus; Pastor sturnus; rose-colored pastor; rose-colored starling (glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian)
Holonyms ("Pastor" is a member of...):
genus Sturnus; Sturnus (type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person authorized to conduct religious worship
Example:
clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches
Synonyms:
curate; minister; minister of religion; parson; pastor; rector
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pastor" is a kind of...):
clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pastor"):
ministrant (someone who serves as a minister)
Derivation:
pastoral (of or relating to a pastor)
pastorship (the position of pastor)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb pastor
