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Found 2 items, similar to Pastoral.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pastoral
pastoral
adj 1: of or relating to a pastor;
“pastoral work”;
“a pastoral
letter”
2: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising
sheep or cattle;
“pastoral seminomadic people”;
“pastoral
land”;
“a pastoral economy” [syn:
bucolic]
3: used of idealized country life;
“a country life of arcadian
contentment”;
“a pleasant bucolic scene”;
“charming in its
pastoral setting”;
“rustic tranquility” [syn:
arcadian,
bucolic,
rustic]
4: suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene;
“his
idyllic life in Tahiti”;
“the pastoral legends of
America's Golden Age” [syn:
idyllic]
pastoral
n 1: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn:
pastorale,
idyll]
2: a letter from a pastor to the congregation
3: a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the
life of shepherds)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pastoral
Pastoral
\Pas"tor*al\, n.
1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a
poem in which the speakers assume the character of
shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
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A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion
is represented by its effects on a country life.
--Rambler.
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2. (Mus.) 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 (Encyc. of Music).
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3. (Eccl.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically,
a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot.
Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read
in each parish.
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Pastoral
\Pas"tor*al\, a. [L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See
Pastor.]
1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural
life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
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2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a
church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
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Pastoral staff (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a
shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop,
abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it.
See
Crook, and
Crosier.
Pastoral Theology, that part of theology which treats of
the duties of pastors.
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