pastoral

adjective

  1. 1

    (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

    a country life of arcadian contentment

    a pleasant bucolic scene

  2. 2

    of or relating to a pastor

    pastoral work

    a pastoral letter

  3. 3

    relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

    pastoral seminomadic people

    pastoral land

noun

  1. 1

    a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

  2. 2

    a letter from a pastor to the congregation

  3. 3

    a musical composition that evokes rural life

Synonyms

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