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Definitions for Pastoral
[1] having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
[2] pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic.
[3] 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.
[4] of, relating to, or consisting of shepherds.
[5] of or relating to a pastor or the duties of a pastor: pastoral visits to a hospital.
[6] used for pasture, as land.
[7] 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.
[8] a picture or work of art representing the shepherds' life.
[9] Music . pastorale.
[10] a treatise on the duties of a pastor.
[11] a letter to the people from their spiritual pastor.
[12] a letter to the clergy or people of an ecclesiastical district from its bishop.
[13] Also called pastoral staff . crosier(def 1) .
[14] of, characterized by, or depicting rural life, scenery, etc
[15] (of a literary work) dealing with an idealized form of rural existence in a conventional way
[16] (of land) used for pasture
[17] denoting or relating to the branch of theology dealing with the duties of a clergyman or priest to his congregation
[18] of or relating to a clergyman or priest in charge of a congregation or his duties as such
[19] of or relating to a teacher's responsibility for the personal, as the distinct from the educational, development of pupils
[20] of or relating to shepherds, their work, etc
[21] a literary work or picture portraying rural life, esp the lives of shepherds in an idealizing way See also eclogue
[22] music a variant of pastorale
[23] 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 called: pastoral staff the crosier or staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of his pastoral responsibilities
Words related to Pastoral
bucolic, rural, idyllic, agrarian, rustic, simple, country, arcadian, sylvan, provincial, countrified, agrestic, outland
Words nearby Pastoral
pastitsio, pastness, pasto, pastor, pastorage, pastoral, pastoral counseling, pastoral epistle, pastoral letter, pastoral prayer, pastoral symphony, the
Origin of Pastoral
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pāstōrālis, equivalent to pāstōr-, stem of pāstor (see pastor) + -ālis -al1
Words that may be confused with Pastoral
Other words from Pastoral
pas·to·ral·ly , adverb
non·pas·to·ral , adjective, noun
non·pas·to·ral·ly , adverb
sem·i·pas·to·ral , adjective
sem·i·pas·to·ral·ly , adverb
un·pas·to·ral , adjective
un·pas·to·ral·ly , adverb
Word origin for Pastoral
C15: from Latin, from pastor
Synonyms for Pastoral
agrarian, bucolic, idyllic, rural, rustic, arcadian, country, provincial, simple, sylvan, agrestic, countrified, outland