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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.
of or relating to a pastor or the duties of a pastor.
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.
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 called: pastoral 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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- pastorally adverb
- nonpastoral adjective
- nonpastorally adverb
- semipastoral adjective
- semipastorally adverb
- unpastoral adjective
- unpastorally adverb
- ˈ貹ٴǰˌ noun
- ˈ貹ٴǰ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pastoral1
Example Sentences
A pastoral English estate is the ideal setting for such a dilemma.
"We are also replacing the house system with a new year group-based pastoral structure, increasing capacity to provide direct and focused support."
The 31-year-old says she hopes the leadership team can start to communicate better and that staff, including the pastoral team, can be more consistent in handling poor behaviour.
He’s the 267th pope, but only the third Augustinian, an order described by National Geographic as being known for pastoral care, education and missionary work.
The Kooks, meanwhile, never went away, recording a clutch of more experimental albums that blended drum loops, pastoral pop and even Ethiopian jazz influences.
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