PASTORAL

Pastoral

A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art and music that depicts such life in an idealized manner, typically for urban audiences. A pastoral is a work of this genre.

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pastoral

Noun

  1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
  2. A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life. Moore
  3. A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
  4. A letter of the , to be read in each parish.

Adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
    • He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. - 1985 , '''', chapter
    • 1 these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 , '''', lines 16-18.
  2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.


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