pastoral care (noun)

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• pastoral care — /pastərəl ˈkɛə/ (say pahstuhruhl kair) noun 1. the responsibility of a member of the clergy to attend to the needs of the congregation. 2. (especially in non government schools) the provisions made to advise students about personal wellbeing and… …  

• pastoral — /ˈpastərəl / (say pahstuhruhl), / trəl/ (say truhl) adjective 1. of or relating to the raising of stock, especially sheep or cattle, on rural properties: pastoral occupations; pastoral leases. 2. used for pasture, as land. 3. having the… …  

• care — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 caring for sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ good, great ▪ He loved his books and took great care of them. ▪ proper ▪ With proper care, the plants may last for fifty years …   Collocations dictionary

• pastoral — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pastoralis, from pastor herdsman Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen (2) devoted to or based on livestock raising b. of or relating to the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pastoral — 1. adjective /ˌpæsˈtɔːɹəl,ˈpæs.tə.ɹəl/ a) Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. , He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. 1985 , ,… …   Wiktionary

• deacon — noun Etymology: Middle English dekene, from Old English dēacon, from Late Latin diaconus, from Greek diakonos, literally, servant, from dia + konos (akin to enkonein to be active); perhaps akin to Latin conari to attempt Date: before 12th century …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• practical theology — noun Date: 1828 the study of the institutional activities of religion (as preaching, church administration, pastoral care, and liturgics) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Timothy — noun Etymology: Latin Timotheus, from Greek Timotheos Date: 14th century 1. a disciple of the apostle Paul 2. either of two letters written with regard to pastoral care in the early church and included as books in the New Testament see bible… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium