pastoringn.
/ˈpɑːst(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈpast(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpæst(ə)rɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈpast(ə)rɪŋ/ Scottish in early use.† 1. The work of a shepherd; the action of tending as a shepherd. Obsolete.
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c1500 Barounis Lawis f. 14v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pastur-, Pastoring Be pastoring of beistis in the harbrage of any lord.
2. The work or occupation of a pastor (pastor n. 1); pastoral care of a congregation or community. Now chiefly U.S.In quot. 1574 a figurative use of sense 1.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > pastor > [noun] > work of
pastorality1506
pastorage?1550
pastoring1574
1574 J. Davidson Ane Dialog betuix Clerk & Courteour in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 311 Bot gif thay folkis sall be weill fed, Or to gude Pastoring be led, The warld may Iudge.
1894 Kingdom (Minneapolis) 20 Apr. 4/2 Having given half his life to pastoring and preaching.
1987 Church Times 27 Mar. 7/3 All the bishops who..wish to take ultimate responsibility for the pastoring of disturbed places and people.
2003 Fort Collins Coloradoan (Nexis) 9 Jan. (Life section) 8 b Life experience lends depth to his pastoring.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pastoringadj.
/ˈpɑːst(ə)rɪŋ/, /ˈpast(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpæst(ə)rɪŋ/ rare.
That gives spiritual care; relating to the position of a pastor. N.E.D.'s lemma was based on a misreading or mistranscription; its only example is now quot. 1623 at pasturing adj.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > pastor > [adjective] > acting as
pastoring1904
1904 N.E.D. at Pastor vb. Pastoring ppl. a.
1995 Contempora Mag. (Nexis) 31 Mar. 15 His father..is now a pastoring minister.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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