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Certain cleric's term of office
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pastorate
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Word definitions for pastorate in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pastorate \Pas"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. pastorat. See Pastor .] The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. pastors collectively the position of pastor [syn: pastorship ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The role or responsibility of a pastor. 2 The period of service of a particular pastor to their congregation; their term of office. 3 An organization or body consisting of multiple pastors.
Usage examples of pastorate.
For a while he filled both the pastorate of the church and the principalship of Stanton, but finding it impracticable to hold both he finally resigned the pastorate, after having served the church for five years.
His pastorate would be the longest in the annals of the parish, lasting forty-five years, and the friendship between Adams and Wibird, equally enduring.
Here he worked very successfully preaching and teaching until November, 1898, when he was called to the pastorate of Berean Presbyterian Church at Beaufort, S.