Meaning of 'pastoral'

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Meaning of ‘pastoral’

6 definitions found.

pastoral

adjective

used with regard to idealized country life, idyllically rustic

Example: "Pastoral poems bore me to death."

Synonyms: arcadian

adjective

of or relating to a pastor

Example: "pastoral work"

adjective

relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

Example: "pastoral seminomadic people"

Synonyms: bucolic

noun

a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

noun

a letter from a pastor to the congregation

noun

a musical composition that evokes rural life

Synonyms: idyll idyl pastorale

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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