pastor-likeadv.adj.
/ˈpɑːstəlʌɪk/, /ˈpastəlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈpæstərˌlaɪk/ In the manner of a pastor. Obsolete.
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?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter lxxvii. 217 Thou ledst thy people pastor like, as sheepe in all theyr way.
B. adj.
Reminiscent of or resembling a pastor.
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1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 86 The Pastorlike and Apostolick imitation of meeke and unlordly Discipline.
a1674 J. Milton Char. Long Parl. (1681) 6 To the Ignominy and Scandal of their pastor-like Profession.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xliv. 191 ‘Brave fellows!’ said the secretary, in as pastor-like a voice as if he were commending them for some uncommon act of valour.
1984 Skiing (Nexis) 37 48 There is something pastor-like about his welcoming of these failed skiers.
1994 Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tennessee) (Nexis) 11 June a2 Brown's advice is..fatherly, practical, pastor-like and snappy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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