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

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

pastoral
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
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
A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also , a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish. a literary work idealizing the rural life a letter from a pastor to the congregation of or relating to a pastor; 'pastoral work'; 'a pastoral letter'.

pastoral
a musical composition that evokes rural life. a letter from a pastor to the congregation. a literary work idealizing the rural life. of or relating to a pastor; 'pastoral work'; 'a pastoral letter'. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; 'pastoral seminomadic people'; 'pastoral land'; 'a pastoral economy'. used of idealized country life; 'a country life of arcadian contentment'; 'a pleasant bucolic scene'; 'charming in its pastoral setting'; 'rustic tranquility'. suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; 'his idyllic life in Tahiti'; 'the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age'.

pastoral
Relating to a romantic or idealized image of rural life; in classical literature, to a world peopled by shepherds, nymphs, and satyrs. following Theocritus , verse about those shepherds and their beloveds who lived the simple vice-free life in Arcadia, a mountainous region in the Peloponnese of Greece Also termed bucolic, eclogues, and idylls.

pastoral
A highly conventional mode of writing which celebrates the innocent life of shepherds and shepherdesses in poetry, plays and prose romances Pastoral literature describes the loves and sorrows of musical shepherds - usually in an idealised Golden Age of rustic innocence and idlesness English pastorals were written in several forms including the eclogues of Edmund Spenser's The Shepherd's Calendar and Shakespeare's As You Like It to lyrics such as Christopher Marlowe's The Passionate Sheepheard to his Love A significant form within the tradition is the pastoral elegy Pastoral poetry was eventually succeeded by more realistic poetry of country life written by John Clare, George Crabbe and William Wordsworth. a type of poetry or painting, on a lower level of formality and subject matter than the heroic, which has to do with the life of shepherds and shepherdesses, particularly during the golden age of classical times.

pastoral
A poem that depicts rural life in a peaceful, idealized way.

pastoral
A rural life, usually associated with people raising animals. a poem that describes the simple life of country folk, usually shepherds who live a timeless, painless life in a world that is full of beauty, music, and love Close Window.

pastoral
Poetry dealing with idealized, rural life.