pastorize

present singular third person pastorizes · participle present pastorizing · participle past pastorized · past pastorized

1. archaicintransitiveTo perform the religious duties of a pastor.

   In a great variety of ways pastorizing could be better attended to were the staff of preachers on our stations increased.

   1876, The Primitive Methodist Magazine, page 64

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   To ascertain what he actually was, how he preached and pastorized, the distant reader has only to consult his various works.

   1860, John Campbell, John Angel James, page 89