(n.) The office, state, or jurisdiction of a pastor.

abbacy administration apostleship archbishopric archdeaconry archiepiscopacy archiepiscopate auspices bishopdom bishopric call canonicate canonry cardinalship care care of souls chaplaincy chaplainship charge church house clergy house curacy cure custodianship custody deaconry deaconship deanery deanship episcopacy episcopate glebe governance government guardianship guidance hands holy orders jurisdiction keeping management manse ministry oversight parsonage pastorage pastoral care pastorship patronage prebend prebendaryship prelacy prelateship prelature presbyterate presbytery priesthood priestship primacy protectorship rabbinate rectorate rectorship rectory sacred calling safe hands stewardship the church the cloth the desk the ministry the pulpit tutelage vicarage vicariate vicarship vocation ward wardenship wardship watch and ward wing