pastoral

Definition of pastoral

Adjectives

of or relating to a pastor
"pastoral work"
"a pastoral letter"
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
"pastoral seminomadic people"
"pastoral land"
"a pastoral economy"
Synonyms:
bucolic
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
"charming in its pastoral setting"
Synonyms:
arcadian, bucolic
rural
living in or characteristic of farming or country life

Nouns

a musical composition that evokes rural life
Synonyms:
idyl, idyll, pastorale
Type of:
composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
a musical work that has been created
a letter from a pastor to the congregation
Type of:
letter, missive
a written message addressed to a person or organization
a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
Types:
bucolic, eclogue, idyl, idyll
a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
Type of:
literary composition, literary work
imaginative or creative writing

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Words that contain pastoral

pastorale