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pastorate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pastorate has 2 senses
- pastorate(n = noun.group) Array - pastors collectively; Array is a kind of clergy
- pastorate(n = noun.act) pastorship - the position of pastor; Array is a kind of berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot
CIDE DICTIONARY
pastorate, n. [Cf. F. pastorat. See Pastor.].
The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
pastorate
abbacy, administration, apostleship, archbishopric, archdeaconry, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, auspices, bishopdom, bishopric, call, canonicate, canonry, cardinalship, care, care of souls, chaplaincy, chaplainship, charge, church house, clergy house, curacy, cure, custodianship, custody, deaconry, deaconship, deanery, deanship, episcopacy, episcopate, glebe, governance, government, guardianship, guidance, hands, holy orders, jurisdiction, keeping, management, manse, ministry, oversight, parsonage, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorship, patronage, prebend, prebendaryship, prelacy, prelateship, prelature, presbyterate, presbytery, priesthood, priestship, primacy, protectorship, rabbinate, rectorate, rectorship, rectory, sacred calling, safe hands, stewardship, the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit, tutelage, vicarage, vicariate, vicarship, vocation, ward, wardenship, wardship, watch and ward, wing
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