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pastor

[pas-ter, pah-ster] / ˈpæs tər, ˈpɑ stər /


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Baudoux, the mayor, said he had come to the town of Taybeh, a Christian stronghold, along with his local pastor from France to sign a goodwill agreement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

For the next four hours, the pastor debated one student after another, fielding questions about faith and folly with the measured cadence of a courtroom lawyer and the booming voice of a tent evangelist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

But the one person was my grandfather who was a pastor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The pastor did not say whether he benefited from living in a grace-and-favor parsonage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

She came, however; late, just before the pastor was about to present the speaker of the hour to the congregation.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

Its members included senior pastors, first ladies, evangelists, and other women with constituencies of their own that travel far in a state like Michigan.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

I remember helping organize a food bank with several other pastors in the inner city on the Eastern seaboard.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Ren insisted that financial giving -- used partly to pay pastors -- is part of Biblical teaching practised by Christian churches.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

At the door, Springfield pastors were offering communion and prayer.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

And when that tree was in bloom, it was a regular aviary of crows, mynahs, babblers, rosy pastors, sunbirds and parakeets.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel


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