pastorate

noun

pas·​tor·​ate ˈpa-st(ə-)rət How to pronounce pastorate (audio)
1
: the office, state, jurisdiction, or tenure of office of a pastor
2
: a body of pastors

Examples of pastorate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Still, the young man left his pastorate in Schenectady, New York, and became an Army chaplain. Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024 Over the course of his pastorate, the church became one of the first mega-churches in the U.S. Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023 Frederick Buechner, a Presbyterian minister who never held a church pastorate but found his calling writing a prodigious quantity of novels, memoirs and essays that explored the human condition from inspirational and often humorous religious perspectives, died on Monday at his home in Rupert, Vt. Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022 Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, longtime pastor of the predominantly Spanish-speaking Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown and now urban vicar for the archdiocese, will concelebrate Monday’s Mass with the Rev. Xavier Edet, leader of the St. Ann’s pastorate. Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2021 Since retiring from the pastorate, he’s continued his work as a spiritual teacher and author. Alison Escalante, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021 The search for an assistant pastor will now be a search for someone to assume the senior pastorate. al, 13 Apr. 2022 Her second husband, the late Rev. Herbert Pair Jr., served as pastor of Sweet Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Coden, and in the early ’80s accepted a pastorate at Liberty Baptist in Crichton as the racial makeup of that district changed. al, 14 July 2021 That would change, most notably with the pastorate of Rev. Henry Pefferkorn. René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 7 July 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1728, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of pastorate was in 1728

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“Pastorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pastorate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

pastorate

noun
pas·​tor·​ate ˈpas-t(ə-)rət How to pronounce pastorate (audio)
1
: the office, duties, or term of service of a pastor
2
: a body of pastors
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