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Quick definitions from WordNet (pastoral)
▸ 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
▸ adjective: of or relating to a pastor ("Pastoral work")
▸ adjective: suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene ("The pastoral legends of America's Golden Age")
▸ adjective: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle ("Pastoral seminomadic people")
▸ adjective: used of idealized country life ("Charming in its pastoral setting")
▸ Also see pastorals
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▸ 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
▸ adjective: of or relating to a pastor ("Pastoral work")
▸ adjective: suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene ("The pastoral legends of America's Golden Age")
▸ adjective: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle ("Pastoral seminomadic people")
▸ adjective: used of idealized country life ("Charming in its pastoral setting")
▸ Also see pastorals
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to pastoral
▸ Usage examples for pastoral
▸ Idioms related to pastoral (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing pastoral
▸ Popular nouns described by pastoral
▸ Words that often appear near pastoral
▸ Rhymes of pastoral
▸ Invented words related to pastoral