pastor: [14] Latin pāstor meant ‘shepherd’. It came from the same base as produced pāscere ‘feed’, source of English pasture and repast, and hence denoted etymologically ‘one who grazes sheep’. The ‘animal husbandry’ sense is still fairly alive and well in the derivative pastoral [15], but in pastor itself it has largely been ousted by ‘Christian minister’, inspired by the frequent metaphorical use of shepherd for ‘minister, priest’ in the Bible. => pasture, repast
pastor (n.)
late 14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), "shepherd," also "spiritual guide, shepherd of souls," from Old French pastor, pastur "herdsman, shepherd" (12c.), from Latin pastorem (nominative pastor) "shepherd," from pastus, past participle of pascere "to lead to pasture, set to grazing, cause to eat," from PIE root *pa- "to tend, keep, pasture, feed, guard, protect" (see food). The spiritual sense was in Church Latin (e.g. Gregory's "Cura Pastoralis"). The verb in the Christian sense is from 1872.
雙語例句
1. In 1966, Pastor Albertz took over from him as governing mayor.
1966年，帕斯特·艾伯茨接替他擔任主管市長。
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2. Few things distracted the Pastor from the preparation of his weekly sermons.
幾乎沒有什麽事情能使牧師在準備每周的布道時分神。
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3. The pastor requested the women present to join him in prayer.
牧師請在場的婦女們和他一起祈禱。
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4. As a pastor, it can be argued he has no equal.
作為牧師，他可以說是出類拔萃。
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5. Two men claiming to be police officers called at the pastor's house and took him away.