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Pastorate meaning
The role or responsibilities of a pastor. | The period of service of a particular pastor to their congregation; their term of office. | An organization or body consisting of multiple pastors.
Example sentences (7)
Still, the young man left his pastorate in Schenectady, New York, and became an Army chaplain.
Under his presence, the church underwent important transformations, evolving from an administrative committee to a pastorate committee.
It was during seminary studies that Dora met her husband, Don Campbell, who was studying for the pastorate.
The pastorate alone and the work that is demanded of us can create unique pressures and problems to which only fellow pastors can relate and assist in solving the problems.
During the pastorate of Patrick Grogan the roof of the church was once again tiled, the convent and present rectory were built, and a new fountain was placed in the garden.
Edwards's grandfather and predecessor in the pastorate, Solomon Stoddard, had been even more liberal, holding that the Supper was a converting ordinance and that baptism was a sufficient title to all the privileges of the church.
He was appointed to Saumur in 1633, and to the professor's chair along with the pastorate.