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PASTORATE n.
The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.
PASTORIUM n.
A parsonage; -- so called in some Baptist churches. [Southern U. S.]
PASTORLESS a.
Having no pastor.
PASTORLING n.
An insignificant pastor. [R.]
PASTORLY a.
Appropriate to a pastor. Milton.
PASTORSHIP n.
Pastorate. Bp. Bull.
PASTRY n. 2 definitions
The place where pastry is made. [Obs.] Shak.
PASTURABLE a.
Fit for pasture.
PASTURAGE n. 3 definitions
Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.
PASTURE n. 5 definitions
Food; nourishment. [Obs.] Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous. Spenser.
PASTURELESS a.
Destitute of pasture. Milton.
PASTURER n.
One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze. See Agister.
PASTY a. 2 definitions
Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness. "A pasty complexion." G. Eliot.
ANTEPAST n.
A foretaste. Antepasts of joy and comforts. Jer. Taylor.
ANTISPAST n.
A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long.
ANTISPASTIC a. 3 definitions
An antispastic agent.
APASTRON n.
That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary.
BY-PAST a.
Past; gone by. "By-past perils." Shak.
DEPASTURE v.
To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [R.] Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds. Blackstone. A right to cut wood upon or departure land. Washburn.
EPISPASTIC a. 2 definitions
Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering.
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