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"
   - bucolic 
3. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
   "charming in its pastoral setting"
   - arcadian, bucolic

1. A musical composition that evokes rural life
   - pastorale, idyll, idyl 
2. A letter from a pastor to the congregation 
3. A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

Derived forms: pastorals

See also: pastor, rural, shepherd

Type of: composition, letter, literary composition, literary work, missive, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music

Encyclopedia: Pastoral

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