'Pastorate' definitions:
Definition of 'pastorate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Pastorate'
From: GCIDE
- Pastorate \Pas"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. pastorat. See Pastor.] The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pastorate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbacy,
- administration,
- apostleship,
- archbishopric,
- archdeaconry,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- auspices,
- bishopdom,
- bishopric,
- call,
- canonicate,
- canonry,
- cardinalship,
- care,
- care of souls,
- chaplaincy,
- chaplainship,
- charge,
- church house,
- clergy house,
- curacy,
- cure,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- deaconry,
- deaconship,
- deanery,
- deanship,
- episcopacy,
- episcopate,
- glebe,
- governance,
- government,
- guardianship,
- guidance,
- hands,
- holy orders,
- jurisdiction,
- keeping,
- management,
- manse,
- ministry,
- oversight,
- parsonage,
- pastorage,
- pastoral care,
- pastorship,
- patronage,
- prebend,
- prebendaryship,
- prelacy,
- prelateship,
- prelature,
- presbyterate,
- presbytery,
- priesthood,
- priestship,
- primacy,
- protectorship,
- rabbinate,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- rectory,
- sacred calling,
- safe hands,
- stewardship,
- the church,
- the cloth,
- the desk,
- the ministry,
- the pulpit,
- tutelage,
- vicarage,
- vicariate,
- vicarship,
- vocation,
- ward,
- wardenship,
- wardship,
- watch and ward,
- wing