PASTOR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

Synonyms:

Pastor; subgenus Pastor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pastor" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pastor"):

Pastor roseus; Pastor sturnus; rose-colored pastor; rose-colored starling (glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen; chiefly Asian)

Holonyms ("Pastor" is a member of...):

genus Sturnus; Sturnus (type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings)

Meaning:

A person authorized to conduct religious worship

Example:

clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("pastor" is a kind of...):

clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pastor"):

ministrant (someone who serves as a minister)

Derivation:

pastoral (of or relating to a pastor)

pastorship (the position of pastor)

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb pastor