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Pastoral staff definitions

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter. Pastoral staff (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See Crook, and Crosier. Pastoral Theology, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors.

Moby Thesaurus

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 stick, swanking stick, tiara, triple crown, walking stick