pastorate
noun
pas·tor·ate
ˈpa-st(ə-)rət 
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Gregg held interim pastorates at several other Chicago-area congregations, including the Community Church of Wilmette, the South Church of Mount Prospect, the North Shore Baptist Church in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood and the United Church of Hyde Park.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
Still, the young man left his pastorate in Schenectady, New York, and became an Army chaplain.
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Kevin Dayhoff,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2024
In the 1970s, greater numbers of women entered the six Southern Baptist seminaries, many professing a calling to the pastorate, even though most churches still refused to ordain them.
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Susan M. Shaw,
The Conversation,
16 June 2023
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
Still, the young man left his pastorate in Schenectady, New York, and became an Army chaplain.
—
Kevin Dayhoff,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2024
In the 1970s, greater numbers of women entered the six Southern Baptist seminaries, many professing a calling to the pastorate, even though most churches still refused to ordain them.
—
Susan M. Shaw,
The Conversation,
16 June 2023
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“Pastorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pastorate. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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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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