pastorship

[ pas-ter-ship, pah-ster- ]
/ ˈpæs tərˌʃɪp, ˈpɑ stər- /

noun

the position, authority, or office of a pastor.

Origin of pastorship

First recorded in 1555–65; pastor + -ship

OTHER WORDS FROM pastorship

sub·pas·tor·ship, noun

Words nearby pastorship

pastoralism, pastoralist, pastoralize, pastorate, pastorium, pastorship, pastose, pastrami, pastry, pastry blender, pastry brush

Example sentences from the Web for pastorship

  • In October, 1800, he resigned his pastorship at Blandford and received a regular dismissal.

    Nature and Culture |Harvey Rice

  • I picked you a forget-me-not from the old Rector's grave, for he has gone home, after fifty-nine years' pastorship of Amesbury.

    Juliana Horatia Ewing And Her Books |Horatia K. F. Eden