单词 | pastoress |
释义 | pastoressn. U.S. A female pastor. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > pastor > [noun] > female pastoress1853 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 266/1 Oh that Miss Renwick had heard him speaking thus! and oh that she had seen the prophesied pastoress listening thus! 1887 Amer. Missionary (N.Y.) Mar. 75 The industrial training is now under the direction of the pastoress, Mrs. M——. 1916 E. Tucker Let. 22 Aug. in J. H. Dorn Socialism & Christianity Early 20th Cent. Amer. (1998) vi. 146 I couldn't be a pastoress in a church. 1996 Akron Beacon Jrnl. (Nexis) 19 Apr. f8 In the church, she served in several capacities including Pastoress in Akron. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1853 |
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