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Definition of Pastorate
1. Noun. Pastors collectively.
2. Noun. The position of pastor.
Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Derivative terms: Pastor
Definition of Pastorate
1. n. The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.
Definition of Pastorate
1. Noun. The role or responsibilities of a pastor. ¹
2. Noun. The period of service of a particular pastor to their congregation; their term of office. ¹
3. Noun. An organization or body consisting of multiple pastors. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pastorate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pastorate
Literary usage of Pastorate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"A few years afterward he accepted a call to the pastorate of the Unitarian ...
After several years in the pastorate he was called to the presidency of ..."
2. Modern Methods in Church Work: The Gospel Renaissance by George Whitefield Mead (1896)
"THE PLURAL pastorate. THE idea of the plural pastorate carries us back to the
... Granting then the necessity of the plural pastorate, what should be the ..."
3. Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1898)
"He began preaching to a Universalist congrega!ion at Swanzey, NH, in 1853, and
subsequently held a pastorate at Westmoreland. He was then chosen president ..."
4. The History of Pittsfield, (Berkshire County,) Massachusetts by Joseph Edward Adams Smith (1876)
"... to colonization — Organization of parish, and first members — New church begun
and burned — Rebuilding — Organization of church — pastorate of Rev. ..."
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