Pastor vs. Reverend

Pastornoun

A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.

Pastornoun

Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people

Pastornoun

A minister or a priest in a Christian church.

Pastorverb

To serve a congregation as pastor

Pastornoun

A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.

Pastornoun

A guardian; a keeper; specifically (Eccl.), a minister having the charge of a church and parish.

Pastornoun

A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.

Pastornoun

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

Pastornoun

only the rose-colored starlings; in some classifications considered a separate genus

Pastor

A pastor (abbreviated as or {singular}, or {plural}), is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Anglicanism, pastors are always ordained.

Reverendadjective

worthy of reverence or respect

Reverendnoun

(informal) a member of the Christian clergy

Reverendadjective

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

Reverendnoun

a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church

Reverendnoun

a title of respect for a clergyman

Reverendadjective

worthy of adoration or reverence

Reverendadjective

used as a title or form of address to members of the clergy

Reverendnoun

a member of the clergy