how to pronounce pastor

/ˈpɑː.stəɹ/

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pastor is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pastor in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… Virginia which was run by Pastor C D …”

meanings of pastor

noun:

The main priest serving a parish.
A bird, the rosy starling.
Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people.
A minister or priest in a church.
A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.

verb:

To serve a congregation as pastor.

pastor frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word pastor occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pastor can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pastor can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;