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pastorate|ˈpɑːstərət, ˈpæ-|
[ad. med.L. pastōrātus office of pastor; in mod.F. pastorat (Littré).]
1. The office or position of a pastor; the tenure of such office.
a1795Ezra Stiles cited in Webster 1828. 1828 Webster, Pastorate, the office, state or jurisdiction of a spiritual pastor. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) IV. xi. 124 They insisted on his assuming the pastorate. 1901Scotsman 9 Mar. 8/8 Recollections from a Border pastorate of twenty years.
2. A body of pastors, pastors collectively.
1846Worcester, Pastorate, the office or body of pastors. Ec. Rev. 1878Bayne Purit. Rev. i. 23 The pastorate of Scotland, dependent..for its existence on its representing the..national feeling. 1894Times 14 Aug. 15/3 It is not..a question of celibate brotherhoods versus a married pastorate. |