In certain Protestant churches, a clergyman exercising supervision over the church and clergy of a district, but not claiming episcopal authority; in the English Wesleyan Church, an officer who has charge of a circuit, and presides as chief pastor in all circuit courts, A person who is authorized to supervise, direct or administer something, A janitor, adjective_ Overseeing; superintending

One who cares for and guides a group of people, as a minister or teacher, A man who herds, tends, and guards sheep in pasture; a pastor, A person who tends sheep, verb_ To watch over; to guide, watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils, tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats, transitive verb_ Poetic To tend as a shepherd; to guard, herd, lead, or drive, as a shepherd, To direct or instruct in a certain manner, To guide or lead on a course

The settling or establishment of a person or a group of people, as in a new region or in a business, An arrangement or agreement reached, as in business proceedings or negotiating a dispute, A pastor's homestead as furnished by a parish, by a gift either of land, with or with out buildings, or of money to be applied for its purchase

In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments, One who is ordained to the pastoral or sacerdotal office; a presbyter; an elder, A religious clergyman who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple, transitive verb_ To ordain as priest, To ordain or admit to the priesthood