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

Adjective

1. of or depicting country life or scenery

2. (of land) used for pasture

3. of or relating to a member of the clergy or his or her duties

4. of or relating to shepherds or their work

Noun

1. a literary work, picture, or piece of music portraying country life

2. a letter from a bishop to the clergy or people of his diocese [Latin pastor shepherd]

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

adjective 2. rustic, country, simple, rural, idyllic, bucolic, Arcadian, georgic (literary) agrestic

Translations

pastoral [ˈpɑːstərl] adj → pastoral

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pastoral [ˈpɑːstərl] adj → pastoral(e)

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pastoral [ˈpɑːstərl] pastor adj (Rel) [duties etc] → als Pastor

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pastoral [ˈpɑːstərl] adj → pastorale