Definition of "pastorage" []

• Home or offices of a pastor; comparable to a rectory (noun)
• The role or responsibilities of a pastor. (noun)
• The period of service of a particular pastor to his congregation; his term of office. (noun)
• An organization or body consisting of multiple pastors. (noun)

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• "The "pastorage," as it was cheerfully called, had the glaring distinction of being built of brick, and was, as had been wickedly pointed out by idle scoffers, the only "fireproof" structure in town."
• "In the light of such tragic misunderstanding, I deem it of signal importance to try to state clearly why I believe that the path from Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, the church in Montgomery, Alabama, where I began my pastorage, leads clearly to this sanctuary tonight."
• "That's what they teach by way of manly doctrine down there in the new English church, under the pastorage of Maister Alexander Gordon, chaplain to his lordship and minister to his lordship's people!"