impastor

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US/ɪmˈpæstɚ/

noun

Someone who pretends to be a pastor; a false teacher.

Scrabble 12

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nounimpastor (plural impastors)

plural impastors

  1. derogatoryinformalChristianitySomeone who pretends to be a pastor; a false teacher.

    I felt even more like an impostor. Impastor.

    2011, Greg Paul, Close Enough to Hear God Breathe: The Great Story of Divine Intimacy, Nashville: Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 119
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    Anyways, please by all means, this man is an Impastor, and it is wrong of him to present himself as such.

    2003 April 26, Celestial, “Belief in God”, in alt.philosophy (Usenet)

    At least you have the common sense not to buy fake religions as touted round by impastors

    2006 March 6, Les Hellawell, “Ignorant Atheist Idiots”, in alt.atheism (Usenet)

    I'm not referring to tattoos. I'm referring the ungodly, foul-mouthed impastor in the back seat.

    2014 November 13, @Protestia, X, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2024

    It’s pretty well known so I’m surprised that all those moronic impastors are so progressive, unless…

    2023 October 16, u/Cerberus_Rising, Reddit, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2024

    In this cosplay, @TuckerCarlson plays the Leninist “useful idiot” to the self-ordained impastor, whose delusional desire for power, would round up liberal Episcopalians like Tucker & use blasphemy laws to “disappear” them all from their #datpostmil Utopia

    2024 April 15, @DanielRHyde, X, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2024

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APA

impastor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impastor

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“impastor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impastor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impastor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impastor.

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