pastoral

1 of 2

adjective

pas·to·ral ˈpa-st(ə-)rəl How to pronounce pastoral (audio)

nonstandard pa-ˈstȯr-əl

a(1)

: of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen

a pastoral people, seminomadic in their habits

J. M. Mogey

(2)

: devoted to or based on livestock raising

a pastoral economy

: of or relating to the countryside : not urban

a pastoral setting

: portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and conventionalized manner

pastoral poetry

a pastoral symphony

: pleasingly peaceful and innocent : idyllic

pastoral dreams were shattered by the year's round of … unwelcome visitors, ruinous floods and procrastinating workmen

Betty Fussell

: of or relating to spiritual care or guidance especially of a congregation

pastoral counseling

: of or relating to the pastor of a church

pastoral duties

pastorally

ˈpa-st(ə-)rə-lē How to pronounce pastoral (audio)

adverb

pastoralness noun

pastoral

2 of 2

noun

pas·to·ral ˈpa-st(ə-)rəl How to pronounce pastoral (audio)

sense 1d is often

ˌpa-stə-ˈräl How to pronounce pastoral (audio)

-ˈral

plural pastorals

: a literary work (such as a poem or play) dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life

: pastoral poetry or drama

: a rural picture or scene

: pastorale sense 1a

: crosier sense 1

: a letter of a pastor to a charge: such as

: a letter addressed by a bishop to the bishop's diocese

: a letter of the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church to be read in each parish

Synonyms

Adjective

bucolic
country
rural
rustic
rustical

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Adjective The house is situated in a charming pastoral setting. Her favorite painting in the collection is a pastoral landscape. The bishop outlined the church's views in a pastoral letter.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

There’s a porch to enjoy the pastoral view and a fire pit.

William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2022 These days, there are fresh takes on its traditional elaborate pastoral scenes, though the print on this lovely shower curtain plays it straight.

Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022 Beloved by Marie Antoinette and Joséphine Bonaparte, the fabric typically featured romantic pastoral scenes.

New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022 Through rustic depictions of pastoral work, the film provides an intimate commentary on environmental ties to the land and the memories of the past that helps sustain them.

Holly Jones, Variety, 29 July 2022 Adventurous drivers sometimes make it as far as pastoral Münstertal, about 60 miles south.

Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 17 June 2022 With its emphasis on pastoral care and administrating faith services, chaplaincy in many ways reflects the role of a Latter-day Saint bishop — a role held exclusively by faithful male priesthood holders.

Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 Perhaps most prominent is the bishop's responsibility for the pastoral care of Catholics and ex-Catholics in his jurisdiction.

Fox News, 13 July 2022 After construction wrapped in 1994, the two-bedroom Bridge House became a harmonious accompaniment to the pastoral landscape.

Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2022

Noun

Instead of rising to this responsibility, Gomez — L.A.'s first archbishop of Mexican descent — has shirked it by paying more attention to the political than the pastoral.

Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 The pastoral of Shakespeare lies deep beneath the play’s surface, and below that are even older cultural strains.

Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 June 2022 Watkins is a necessary writer for a changing American pastoral.

Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021 In considering the relationship between Sublimity and the English pastoral, there appeared to be two schools of thought.

Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021 Nothing takes me back to the Midwestern pastoral of my youth quite like the smells of springtime: freshly cut grass with an edge of lawnmower fuel, the sweet ozone of an imminent thunderstorm.

Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 June 2021 The Golden Globes’ decision to place the film, an American pastoral, in its foreign-language category only underscores the continual unbelonging of Asian Americans.

Anne Anlin Cheng, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2021 This is not Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 adaptation Romeo + Juliet—with its psychedelic dystopia and doomed romanticism—but an agrarian pastoral of blues and oranges and blacks.

Tiana Reid, The New York Review of Books, 20 June 2020 Now a new documentary will look at the history of this genre, in which the pastoral is routinely entwined with the painful.

Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 July 2019 See More

单词	pastoral
释义	pastoral 1 of 2 adjective pas·to·ral ˈpa-st(ə-)rəl nonstandard pa-ˈstȯr-əl 1 a(1) : of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen a pastoral people, seminomadic in their habits J. M. Mogey (2) : devoted to or based on livestock raising a pastoral economy b : of or relating to the countryside : not urban a pastoral setting c : portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and conventionalized manner pastoral poetry a pastoral symphony d : pleasingly peaceful and innocent : idyllic pastoral dreams were shattered by the year's round of … unwelcome visitors, ruinous floods and procrastinating workmen Betty Fussell 2 a : of or relating to spiritual care or guidance especially of a congregation pastoral counseling b : of or relating to the pastor of a church pastoral duties pastorally ˈpa-st(ə-)rə-lē adverb pastoralness noun pastoral 2 of 2 noun pas·to·ral ˈpa-st(ə-)rəl sense 1d is often ˌpa-stə-ˈräl -ˈral plural pastorals 1 a : a literary work (such as a poem or play) dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life b : pastoral poetry or drama c : a rural picture or scene d : pastorale sense 1a 2 : crosier sense 1 3 : a letter of a pastor to a charge: such as a : a letter addressed by a bishop to the bishop's diocese b : a letter of the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church to be read in each parish Synonyms Adjective bucolic country rural rustic rustical See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective The house is situated in a charming pastoral setting. Her favorite painting in the collection is a pastoral landscape. The bishop outlined the church's views in a pastoral letter. Recent Examples on the Web Adjective There’s a porch to enjoy the pastoral view and a fire pit. William Thornton \| Wthornton@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2022 These days, there are fresh takes on its traditional elaborate pastoral scenes, though the print on this lovely shower curtain plays it straight. Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022 Beloved by Marie Antoinette and Joséphine Bonaparte, the fabric typically featured romantic pastoral scenes. New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022 Through rustic depictions of pastoral work, the film provides an intimate commentary on environmental ties to the land and the memories of the past that helps sustain them. Holly Jones, Variety, 29 July 2022 Adventurous drivers sometimes make it as far as pastoral Münstertal, about 60 miles south. Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 17 June 2022 With its emphasis on pastoral care and administrating faith services, chaplaincy in many ways reflects the role of a Latter-day Saint bishop — a role held exclusively by faithful male priesthood holders. Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 Perhaps most prominent is the bishop's responsibility for the pastoral care of Catholics and ex-Catholics in his jurisdiction. Fox News, 13 July 2022 After construction wrapped in 1994, the two-bedroom Bridge House became a harmonious accompaniment to the pastoral landscape. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2022 Noun Instead of rising to this responsibility, Gomez — L.A.'s first archbishop of Mexican descent — has shirked it by paying more attention to the political than the pastoral. Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 The pastoral of Shakespeare lies deep beneath the play’s surface, and below that are even older cultural strains. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 June 2022 Watkins is a necessary writer for a changing American pastoral. Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021 In considering the relationship between Sublimity and the English pastoral, there appeared to be two schools of thought. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021 Nothing takes me back to the Midwestern pastoral of my youth quite like the smells of springtime: freshly cut grass with an edge of lawnmower fuel, the sweet ozone of an imminent thunderstorm. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 June 2021 The Golden Globes’ decision to place the film, an American pastoral, in its foreign-language category only underscores the continual unbelonging of Asian Americans. Anne Anlin Cheng, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2021 This is not Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 adaptation Romeo + Juliet—with its psychedelic dystopia and doomed romanticism—but an agrarian pastoral of blues and oranges and blacks. Tiana Reid, The New York Review of Books, 20 June 2020 Now a new documentary will look at the history of this genre, in which the pastoral is routinely entwined with the painful. Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 July 2019 See More Word History Etymology Adjective and Noun Middle English, from Latin pastoralis, from pastor herdsman First Known Use Adjective 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1) Noun 1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Kids Definition pastoral adjective pas·to·ral ˈpa-stə-rəl 1 : of or relating to peaceful scenes of the countryside 2 : of or relating to the pastor of a church pastoral 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in rural of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people painted a pastoral scene of a flower-filled meadow Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance rural bucolic rustic agricultural rustical country agrarian provincial countrified backwoodsy countryfied backwoods nonurban semirural Antonyms & Near Antonyms urban municipal metropolitan urbanized nonagricultural citified nonfarm metro See More 2 as in ministerial of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy pastoral advice to a young couple preparing to marry Synonyms & Similar Words ministerial ecclesiastical missionary clerical ecclesiastic evangelical apostolic religious diocesan priestly sacerdotal episcopal evangelic divine monastic papal diaconal clerkly sacramental churchly pontifical canonical patriarchal holy conventual rabbinic rabbinical mendicant caliphal monachal Antonyms & Near Antonyms secular temporal lay nonclerical pastoral 2 of 2 noun as in pastorale Synonyms & Similar Words pastorale georgic idyll eclogue elegy psalm madrigal epic ode epopee poem epigram dithyramb anacreontic sonnet limerick idyl lyric rondelet triolet epos lament epode villanelle rondel jingle clerihew rondeau ballad rhyme rime rune song English sonnet lay rondelle poetry haiku free verse tanka minstrelsy blank verse poesy senryu versification vers libre
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pastoral

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