a minister in charge of a Christian church or congregation, especially in some non-episcopal churches (基督教教堂中的)本堂牧师(尤指某些非圣公会教堂的) 见 rosy pastor
verb
[with obj.]be pastor of (a church or a congregation) 做(教堂或圣会的)牧师 he pastored Peninsula Bible Church in Palo Alto. 他在帕洛阿尔托的半岛圣经教堂做过牧师。 [no obj.]he continued to study law while pastoring in Chelsea. 他在切尔西做牧师的时候还继续学习法律。
派生 pastorship noun 语源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pastour, from Latin pastor 'shepherd', from past- 'fed, grazed', from the verb pascere