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pastoral
[ pas-ter-uhl, pah-ster- ]
adjective
- having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas:
pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
Synonyms: , ,
- pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic.
- portraying or suggesting idyllically the life of shepherds or of the country, as a work of literature, art, or music:
pastoral poetry; a pastoral symphony.
Synonyms: ,
- of, relating to, or consisting of shepherds.
pastoral visits to a hospital.
- used for pasture, as land.
noun
- a poem, play, or the like, dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional or artificial manner, or with simple rural life generally; a bucolic.
Synonyms: , ,
- a picture or work of art representing the shepherds' life.
- Music. pastorale.
- a treatise on the duties of a pastor.
- a letter to the people from their spiritual pastor.
- a letter to the clergy or people of an ecclesiastical district from its bishop.
- Also called pastoral staff. crosier ( def 1 ).
pastoral
/ ˈɑːəə /
adjective
- of, characterized by, or depicting rural life, scenery, etc
- (of a literary work) dealing with an idealized form of rural existence in a conventional way
- (of land) used for pasture
- denoting or relating to the branch of theology dealing with the duties of a clergyman or priest to his congregation
- of or relating to a clergyman or priest in charge of a congregation or his duties as such
- of or relating to a teacher's responsibility for the personal, as the distinct from the educational, development of pupils
- of or relating to shepherds, their work, etc
noun
- a literary work or picture portraying rural life, esp the lives of shepherds in an idealizing way See also eclogue
- music a variant of pastorale
- Christianity
- a letter from a clergyman to the people under his charge
- the letter of a bishop to the clergy or people of his diocese
- Also calledpastoral staff the crosier or staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of his pastoral responsibilities
pastoral
- A work of art that celebrates the cultivated enjoyment of the countryside. The poem “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” by Christopher Marlowe, is a pastoral. Its first stanza reads:
Come live with me, and be my love;
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
Woods or steepy mountain yields.
Derived Forms
- ˈ貹ٴǰˌ, noun
- ˈ貹ٴǰ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- 貹t·· adverb
- ԴDz·貹t· adjective noun
- non·貹t·· adverb
- i·貹t· adjective
- semi·貹t·· adverb
- ܲ·貹t· adjective
- un·貹t·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pastoral1
Example Sentences
The chain's website boasts of offering a range of pastoral and welfare services that exceed the requirements of its contracts, ensuring guests are treated with dignity.
With crackling pastoral language and thematic Lynchian undertones, “Swamplandia!” probed the growing tension in Russell’s home state of Florida between an endangered fecund wilderness and encroaching development.
One of their pastoral leaders is a guy named Lucas Miles.
The trust also said changes were needed so that school structures, pay awards, education provision and pastoral care reflected sector best practice.
Archbishop Stephen has supported the complainant pastorally throughout the process and continues to offer practical help.
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