pastoral

pas·tor·al  (pstr-l, p-stôr-, -str-)

adj.

1.

a. Of or relating to shepherds or herders.

b. Of, relating to, or used for animal husbandry.

2.

a. Of or relating to the country or country life; rural.

b. Charmingly simple and serene; idyllic. See Synonyms at rural.

3. Of, relating to, or being a literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life, usually in an idealized way.

4. Of or relating to a pastor or the duties of a pastor: pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.

n.

1. A literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life, usually in an idealized way.

2. Music A pastorale.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pstrlis, from pstor, shepherd; see pastor.]

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pastor·al·ly adv.

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pastoral [ˈpɑːstərəl]

adj

1. of, characterized by, or depicting rural life, scenery, etc.

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (of a literary work) dealing with an idealized form of rural existence in a conventional way

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) (of land) used for pasture

4. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) denoting or relating to the branch of theology dealing with the duties of a clergyman or priest to his congregation

5. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to a clergyman or priest in charge of a congregation or his duties as such

6. (Social Science / Education) of or relating to a teacher's responsibility for the personal, as the distinct from the educational, development of pupils

7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) of or relating to shepherds, their work, etc.

n

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a literary work or picture portraying rural life, esp the lives of shepherds in an idealizing way See also eclogue

2. (Music, other) Music a variant of pastorale

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity

a.  a letter from a clergyman to the people under his charge

b.  the letter of a bishop to the clergy or people of his diocese

c.  Also called pastoral staff the crosier or staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of his pastoral responsibilities

[from Latin, from pastor]

pastoralism  n

pastorally  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pastoral - a musical composition that evokes rural life idyl, pastorale, idyll musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
	2.	pastoral - a letter from a pastor to the congregation letter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
	3.	pastoral - a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing eclogue, idyl, bucolic, idyll - a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
Adj.	1.	pastoral - of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"
	2.	pastoral - relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy" bucolic
	3.	pastoral - (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" arcadian, bucolic rural - living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural"

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pastoral

adjective

1. ecclesiastical, priestly, ministerial, clerical the pastoral duties of bishops

2. rustic, country, simple, rural, idyllic, bucolic, Arcadian, georgic (literary), agrestic a tranquil pastoral scene

Translations

pastoral [ˈpɑːstərəl]

A. ADJ [care, economy] → pastoral (Rel) → pastoral (Literat) → pastoril
pastoral letter = B

B. N (Rel) → pastoral f

pastoral [ˈpɑːst^ərəl] adj

[place, atmosphere] → pastoral(e)

[duties, work] → pastoral(e) pastoral care
pastoral care n [pupils] → tutorat m; [parishioners] rôle de soutien et de conseil rempli par un prêtre auprès de ses paroissiens
past participle n (GRAMMAR) → participe m passé
past perfect n (GRAMMAR) → plus-que-parfait m

pastoral

adj

land, farming, life → ländlich; (Art, Liter, Mus) → pastoral; Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony → Beethovens Pastorale f; pastoral poem → Schäfer- or Hirtengedicht nt; pastoral picture → Pastorale f or nt

(Eccl) → pastoral, pfarramtlich; duties, responsibility → seelsorgerisch; pastoral staff → Bischofsstab m; pastoral letter → Hirtenbrief m

n

(Liter, Art, Mus) → Pastorale f or nt

(Eccl) → Hirtenbrief m

pastoral [ˈpɑːst/ər/əl] adj (land) → da pascolo; (scene, poetry, also) (Rel) → pastorale