pas·tor
noun/ˈpɑːstə(r)/
/ˈpæstər/
- a minister in charge of a Christian church or group, especially in some Nonconformist churches
（尤指非英国国教的）牧师 - He was ordained a pastor in the Lutheran Church.
他被按立为路德会牧师。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Lutheran
- Methodist
- Presbyterian
- …
- appoint (somebody)
- ordain (somebody)
- pray
- preach
- serve
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pastour, from Latin pastor ‘shepherd’, from past- ‘fed, grazed’, from the verb pascere. - He was ordained a pastor in the Lutheran Church.