Pastoress

Origin

pastor + -ess

Full definition of pastoress

Noun

1. A female pastor (person who tends to a flock)
• 1868, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, Volume 5, The first Mrs. Kirke was, I judge, a sedate pastoress, who looked well after her household and her husband's flock.
2. A female pastor (minister or priest of a Christian church)