simple past tense and past participle of pastorize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pastorize

(intransitive, archaic) To perform the religious duties of a pastor.

The role or responsibilities of a pastor. / The period of service of a particular pastor to their congregation; their term of office. / An organization or body consisting of multiple pastors.

plural of pastorate

Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock. / Relating to rural life and scenes, in particular of poetry.

A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.

(now rare) A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals. / Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people / (Protestantism) A minister or priest in a church.

(Christianity, transitive, intransitive) To serve a congregation as pastor

The state of being pastoral. / animal husbandry; the raising and herding of farm animals