 pastoral |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] of or relating to a pastor | |
| Examples: | "pastoral work" "a pastoral letter" |
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| Related terms: | curate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (writing) a letter from a pastor to the congregation | |
| Related terms: | letter | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene | |
| Synonyms: | idyllic | |
| Examples: | "his idyllic life in Tahiti" "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age" |
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| Related terms: | pleasant | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] used of idealized country life | |
| Synonyms: | bucolic rustic arcadian | |
| Examples: | "a country life of arcadian contentment" "a pleasant bucolic scene" "charming in its pastoral setting" "rustic tranquility" |
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| Related terms: | rural | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (music,fine art) a musical composition that evokes rural life | |
| Synonyms: | idyll pastorale | |
| Related terms: | musical_composition | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle | |
| Synonyms: | bucolic | |
| Examples: | "pastoral seminomadic people" "pastoral land" "a pastoral economy" |
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| Related terms: | sheepherder sheepherder | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (writing) a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | |
| Related terms: | literary_composition eclogue | |
| Similar spelling: |
pastorale pastor pastorate Pastore Pastrana Pastorius Pasternak pastry paster pastorship pasture Pasteur pastern pastureland pastrami |
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