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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
pastoral Translations pastoral [ˈpɑːstərəl] 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is a pastoral romance, in the general style of Italian and Spanish romances of the earlier part of the century. To read one of his greater pastoral poems for the first time is like a day spent in a new country; the memory is crowded for a while with its precise and vivid incidents:-- As I once more shouldered my pack and went my way, the character of the country side began to change, and, from a semi- pastoral heathiness and furziness, took on a wildness of aspect, which if indeed melodramatic was melodrama carried to the point of genius. |
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