{
    "term": "pastor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a minister in charge of a Christian church or group, especially in some Nonconformist churches",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was ordained a pastor in the Lutheran Church."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["Lutheran", "Methodist", "Presbyterian"],
                "verb + pastor": ["appoint (somebody)", "ordain (somebody)"],
                "pastor + verb": ["pray", "preach", "serve"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːstə(r)/",
                "audio": "pa/pastor/pastor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpæstər/",
                "audio": "pa/pastor/pastor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French pastour, from Latin pastor ‘shepherd’, from past- ‘fed, grazed’, from the verb pascere."
}