† unpastorv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To remove from the office or position of pastor.
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unpastor1655
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. viii. 33 Preferring rather willingly to un-Pastor..themselves than to retain the place, without the power.
1658 S. Rutherford Surv. of Surv. Church-discipline iii. iii. 311 It is against the meekness of Christ, and not warranted by any Scriptures, that faithful pastors that are pastors to the universal Church should be unpastored.
1661 J. Humfrey Question of Re-ordination v. 70 Let him beware for his life, he does not un-pastor the lower degree.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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