Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a pastor; befitting a pastor; pastor-like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Appropriate to a pastor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Befitting a
pastor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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(or "pastorly") caste worthy of respect and submission just because of their position.
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But this calm and even pastorly tone reveals one way the Religious Right might continue to coexist with the Tea Party movement.
Neil J. Young: Money, God And Greed: The Tea Party And Capitalism Neil J. Young 2011
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But this calm and even pastorly tone reveals one way the Religious Right might continue to coexist with the Tea Party movement.
Neil J. Young: Money, God And Greed: The Tea Party And Capitalism Neil J. Young 2011
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Looking to buy time until I could think about what “pastorly” advice to give him, I asked him to explain his predicament to me once more, trying to discern if what he was experiencing was just a spiritual dry spell or if depression itself was beginning to take over every area of his life.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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Looking to buy time until I could think about what “pastorly” advice to give him, I asked him to explain his predicament to me once more, trying to discern if what he was experiencing was just a spiritual dry spell or if depression itself was beginning to take over every area of his life.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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Looking to buy time until I could think about what “pastorly” advice to give him, I asked him to explain his predicament to me once more, trying to discern if what he was experiencing was just a spiritual dry spell or if depression itself was beginning to take over every area of his life.
God Attachment Dr. Tim Clinton 2010
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Not necessarily: Ratzinger's role under John Paul was one thing; now that he is pope, he will perhaps assume a more pastorly posture.
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I think a bit of pastorly fellowshipping will do us both some good.
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I think a bit of pastorly fellowshipping will do us both some good.
Archive 2004-02-01 2004
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But when you say, Rabbi, that you are what you do, I think you can see how that's opening up to something that we deal with pastorly.
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