Father vs pastor

Father

name
  • A senator of Ancient Rome. 

  • One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master. 

  • A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost. 

  • God, the father of Creation 

  • God the Father, who eternally begets the Son 

  • A title given to priests. 

  • One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ. 

  • One's father. 

pastor

verb
  • To serve a congregation as pastor 

noun
  • A minister or priest in a church. 

  • Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people 

  • A bird, the rosy starling. 

  • The main priest serving a parish. 

How often have the words Father and pastor occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )