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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pastor /ˈpɑːstə/

▶noun a minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation, especially in some non-episcopal churches. ▶verb be the pastor of.

– derivatives
pastorate noun,
pastorship noun.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. pastour, from L. pastor ‘shepherd’, from past-, pascere ‘feed, graze’.

'pastor' also found in these Oxford entries:

curator - dominie

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