pastorate
noun
pas·tor·ate
ˈpa-st(ə-)rət 
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The map the archdiocese distributed, for instance, shows St. Francis Xavier as a worship site but suggests a link to St. Ignatius in the central Baltimore neighborhood of Mount Vernon, which shares little of the pastorate’s history.
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Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Still, the young man left his pastorate in Schenectady, New York, and became an Army chaplain.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
Over the course of his pastorate, the church became one of the first mega-churches in the U.S.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
Frederick Buechner, a Presbyterian minister who never held a church pastorate but found his calling writing a prodigious quantity of novels, memoirs and essays that explored the human condition from inspirational and often humorous religious perspectives, died on Monday at his home in Rupert, Vt.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022
Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, longtime pastor of the predominantly Spanish-speaking Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown and now urban vicar for the archdiocese, will concelebrate Monday’s Mass with the Rev. Xavier Edet, leader of the St. Ann’s pastorate.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2021
Since retiring from the pastorate, he’s continued his work as a spiritual teacher and author.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
The search for an assistant pastor will now be a search for someone to assume the senior pastorate.
—al, 13 Apr. 2022
Her second husband, the late Rev. Herbert Pair Jr., served as pastor of Sweet Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Coden, and in the early ’80s accepted a pastorate at Liberty Baptist in Crichton as the racial makeup of that district changed.
—al, 14 July 2021
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Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024
Still, the young man left his pastorate in Schenectady, New York, and became an Army chaplain.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
Over the course of his pastorate, the church became one of the first mega-churches in the U.S.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2023
Frederick Buechner, a Presbyterian minister who never held a church pastorate but found his calling writing a prodigious quantity of novels, memoirs and essays that explored the human condition from inspirational and often humorous religious perspectives, died on Monday at his home in Rupert, Vt.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022
Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, longtime pastor of the predominantly Spanish-speaking Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown and now urban vicar for the archdiocese, will concelebrate Monday’s Mass with the Rev. Xavier Edet, leader of the St. Ann’s pastorate.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2021
Since retiring from the pastorate, he’s continued his work as a spiritual teacher and author.
—Alison Escalante, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
The search for an assistant pastor will now be a search for someone to assume the senior pastorate.
—al, 13 Apr. 2022
Her second husband, the late Rev. Herbert Pair Jr., served as pastor of Sweet Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Coden, and in the early ’80s accepted a pastorate at Liberty Baptist in Crichton as the racial makeup of that district changed.
—al, 14 July 2021
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pastorate
noun
pas·tor·ate
ˈpas-t(ə-)rət
1
: the office, duties, or term of service of a pastor
2
: a body of pastors
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