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German
Etymology
Seelsorge + -er, literally “carer of the soul”
Pronunciation
Noun
Seelsorger m (strong, genitive Seelsorgers, plural Seelsorger, feminine Seelsorgerin)
- pastoral caregiver, counselor
- Coordinate terms: Geistlicher, Kaplan, Pfarrer
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 243:Es giebt jetzt keinen Beruf, der eine so hohe Steigerung zuliesse, wie der des Arztes; namentlich nachdem die geistlichen Aerzte, die sogenannten Seelsorger ihre Beschwörungskünste nicht mehr unter öffentlichem Beifall treiben dürfen und ein Gebildeter ihnen aus dem Wege geht.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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