3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pastorate \Pas"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. pastorat. See {Pastor}.] The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: pastorate n 1: pastors collectively 2: the position of pastor [syn: {pastorship}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 82 Moby Thesaurus words for "pastorate": 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
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