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Defenition of the word pastoral

    • Defenition of the word pastoral

      • ISO 639-6 entity
      • used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
      • relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
      • suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age"
      • of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"
      • a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
      • a letter from a pastor to the congregation
      • a musical composition that evokes rural life
      • suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America''s Golden Age"
      • (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
      • of or relating to a pastor
      • relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

    Synonyms for the word pastoral

      • arcadian
      • bucolic
      • countrified
      • green
      • idyll
      • idyllic
      • pastorale
      • rural
      • rustic

    Similar words in the pastoral

      • pastoral
      • pastorals
      • pleasant
      • rural

    Hyponyms for the word pastoral

      • bucolic
      • eclogue
      • idyl
      • idyll

    Hypernyms for the word pastoral

      • composition
      • letter
      • literary composition
      • literary work
      • missive
      • musical composition
      • opus
      • piece
      • piece of music

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