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