Pastoral ¹

Definition: Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

Pastoral ²

Definition: Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.

Pastoral ³

Definition: A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

Pastoral ⁴

Definition: 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.

Pastoral ⁵

Definition: 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.

pastoral ⁶

Definition: a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

pastoral ⁷

Definition: a letter from a pastor to the congregation

pastoral ⁸

Definition: a musical composition that evokes rural life

pastoral ⁹

Definition: suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America''s Golden Age"

pastoral ¹⁰

Definition: used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"

pastoral ¹¹

Definition: of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"

pastoral ¹²

Definition: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"