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An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.

Of or pertaining to Pasteur.

A method of treatment, devised by Pasteur, for preventing certain diseases, as hydrophobia, by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.

A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140º F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments.

To subject to pasteurization.

One that Pasteurizes, specif. an apparatus for heating and agitating, fluid.

A medley; an olio. [R.] H. Swinburne.

A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.

That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.

A species of starling (Pastor roseus), native of the plains of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Its head is crested and glossy greenish black, and its back is rosy. It feeds largely upon locusts.

The office, jurisdiction, or duty, of a pastor; pastorate.

Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.

In a pastoral or rural manner.

The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.

A parsonage; -- so called in some Baptist churches. [Southern U. S.]

Having no pastor.

An insignificant pastor. [R.]

Appropriate to a pastor. Milton.

Pastorate. Bp. Bull.