What is the meaning of pastoral?

noun

  • A musical composition that evokes rural life.
  • A letter from a pastor to the congregation.
  • A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds. )

adjective

  • Of or relating to a pastor.
    • usage: "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"
  • Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle.
    • usage: "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
  • Used with regard to idealized country life. ( idyllically rustic)
    • usage: "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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