Definition of Pastorates

1. Noun. (plural of pastorate) ¹

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Definition of Pastorates

1. pastorate [n] - See also: pastorate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pastorates

pastoral
pastoral care
pastoral counseling
pastorale
pastorales
pastorali
pastoralism
pastoralisms
pastoralist
pastoralists
pastorally
pastoralness
pastoralnesses
pastorals
pastorate
pastorates (current term)
pastored
pastoress
pastoresses
pastoring
pastorium
pastoriums
pastorless
pastorlike
pastorly
pastorpreneur
pastorpreneurs
pastors
pastorship
pastorships

Literary usage of Pastorates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"He afterward held a number of pastorates and became editor of the Christian Guardian, the principal Methodist publication in Canada, and held this position ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... and then held successive pastorates at Stamford. Conn. (1863-65), Brooklyn, NY (1865-70), and Baltimore, Md. (1871-72). From 1872 to 1877 he was in ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... Missions was instructed to prepare explanatory clauses. recommending that every presbytery appoint a permanent committee on pastorates and supplies; ..."

4. Through Three Centuries: Colver and Rosenberger Lives and Times, 1620-1922 by Jesse Leonard Rosenberger (1922)
"At any rate, there was not much time lost between the two pastorates. Naturally there were some contrasts in the conditions which he left and those to which ..."

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