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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Pastor
Thompson Chain Reference
• Pastors
The Topic Concordance
• Shepherds/Pastors
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Pastoral Staff
• Pastoral Letter
• Pastor
American Tract Society
• Pastor
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Pastor
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Pastor
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Pastor
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Pastorals
• Pastor
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Pastoral Epistles
• Pastor
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Pastor
King James Dictionary
• Pastor
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Pastor
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Theology, Pastoral
• Staff, Pastoral
• Pastoral Theology
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Pastor
People's Bible Dictionary
• Pastors
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Pastor
Whyte's Bible Characters
• Paul As a Pastor
Webster Dictionary
• Tragi-Comi-Pastoral
• Pastorate
• Pastorally
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Pastoral
• Pastoral Epistles
• Pastoral Letter
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Epistles, the Pastoral
• Pastor
• Pastoral Epistles, the
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Archbishops Pastoral Letter
• Conference, Pastoral
• Pastor
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Pastoral Staff
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Pastor
• Pastoral Theology
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(1):

(n.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

(2):

(n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.

(3):

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

(4):

(n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

(5):

(a.) Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.