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1.
of or relating to a pastor
pastoral work
a pastoral letter
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relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
pastoral seminomadic people
pastoral land
a pastoral economy
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used of idealized country life
charming in its pastoral setting
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suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene
the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age
'pastoral' - used as a noun
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a musical composition that evokes rural life
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a letter from a pastor to the congregation
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a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
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The following are synonyms for 'pastoral'. Click on any of them to get both Bibliodata's full list of common definitions and a further set of synonyms.
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pastor
shepherd
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pleasant
rural
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