Pastoral staff
1Pastoral staff — Pastoral Pas tor*al, a. [L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See {Pastor}.] 1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a… …
2Pastoral Staff — • The Pastoral Staff is an ecclesiastical ornament which is conferred on bishops at their consecration and on mitred abbots at their investiture, and which is used by these prelates in performing certain solemn functions Catholic Encyclopedia.… …
3Pastoral Staff — A staff used by a Bishop, as an ensign of his office, at all public Episcopal Ministrations. It is generally borne by his chaplain. The Pastoral Staff is made in the shape of a shepherd s crook and is frequently given to the Bishop at his… …
4Pastoral Staff — Every bishop has his official staff that refers to his responsibility towards serving God s people. The bishop receives the staff from the top of the altar, that he may feel responsible in front of God …
5pastoral staff — Synonyms and related words: Malacca cane, alpenstock, baton, cane, crook, crosier, cross, cross staff, crutch, crutch stick, handstaff, keys, lituus, miter, pallium, paterissa, quarterstaff, red hat, ring, shillelagh, staff, stave, stick, swagger …
6pastoral staff — /pastərəl ˈstaf/ (say pahstuhruhl stahf) noun → pastoral (def. 11d) …
7pastoral staff — noun see pastoral I, 3 …
8PASTORAL STAFF — a bishop s staff with a crooked head, symbolical of his authority and function as a shepherd in spiritual matters of the souls in his diocese …
9pastoral staff — noun a bishop s crozier …
10pastoral-staff — n. Crosier …
