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   pastoral

   /ˈpɑːst(ə)rəl/

   adjective

   • 1. (of land) used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle: "scattered pastoral farms"
   • ▪ associated with country life: "the view was pastoral, with rolling fields and grazing sheep" Similar ruralcountrycountrysidecountrifiedoutdoorrusticagriculturalagrarianprovincialgrassygreenverdantsimpleinnocentidyllicunspoiledliterary:bucolicsylvanArcadianrare:exurbangeorgicOpposite urban
   • ▪ (of a work of art) portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form.
   • 2. (in the Christian Church) concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance: "pastoral and doctrinal issues" Similar priestlyclericalecclesiasticalministerialrare:hieraticsacerdotalvicarialparsonicalrectorialchurchlyprelaticapostolic
   • ▪ relating to or denoting a teacher's responsibility for the general well-being of pupils or students: "the pastoral care of boarders"

   noun

   • 1. a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life: "the story, though a pastoral, has an actual connection with the life of agricultural labour"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin pastoralis ‘relating to a shepherd’, from pastor ‘shepherd’ (see pastor).

   Derivatives

   • 1. pastoralism noun
   • 2. pastorality noun
   • 3. pastorally adverb

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