1854 J. B. Finley 212 Ready for every position which God..might assign him, he said to the over-shepherds of the Church, ‘Here I am; send me.’
1927 33 182 In all his dealings he was first of all a priest, ‘the speaking image of a deeply religious over-shepherd’.
1996 R. F. Anderson 171 This shepherd/king realized that he needed an over-shepherd.