Wiktionary
pastoral charge
n. The basic unit of the (w: United Church of Canada), consisting of one or more congregations under the spiritual leadership of a minister or ministry team.
Usage examples of "pastoral charge".
A certain cure of Aisne who, in 1789, had fed two thousand poor, having presumed to read from his pulpit a pastoral charge concerning the observance of Lent, the mayor seizes him by the collar and prevents him from going to the altar.