Definitions of pastoral [ˈpæs tər əl, ˈpɑ stər-]

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Definition of 'pastoral'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) pastoral
having the simplicity, serenity, etc., generally attributed to rural areas.

2.  pastoral
pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic.

3.  pastoral
portraying idyllically the life of shepherds or of the country.

4.  pastoral
of, pertaining to, or consisting of shepherds.

5.  pastoral
of or pertaining to a pastor or the duties of a pastor:
pastoral visits to a hospital.

6.  pastoral
pertaining to or designating the herding of domesticated animals as the chief means of subsistence.

7. (n.) pastoral
a literary work dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional manner; bucolic.

8.  pastoral
a treatise on the duties of a pastor.

9.  pastoral
a letter from an ecclesiastic, esp. a bishop.

10.  pastoral
Also called pastoral staff.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L pāstōrālis)

Definition of 'pastoral'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl
a musical composition that evokes rural life

2. (noun) pastoral
a letter from a pastor to the congregation

3. (adj) pastoral
a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

4. (adj) pastoral
of or relating to a pastor
"pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"

5. (adj) bucolic, pastoral
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
"pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"

6. (adj) arcadian, bucolic, pastoral
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
"a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"

Definition of 'pastoral'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) pastoral
of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life

2. (adj) pastoral
relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter

3. (noun) 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

4. (noun) 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

5. (noun) pastoral
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

Translation of 'pastoral'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: of country life a pastoral scene.
Afrikaans: pastoraal	Arabic: ريفي	Bulgarian: пасторален
Brazilian: pastoral	Czech: venkovský, idylický	German: ländlich
Danish: pastoral; landlig	Greek: ποιμενικός	Spanish: pastoril
Estonian: pastoraalne, karjase-	Farsi: وابسته به زندگی روستایی	Finnish: maalais-
French: pastoral	Hebrew: פַּסטוֹרָלִי	Hindi: ग्रामीण
Croatian: seoski	Hungarian: pásztori, pásztor-	Indonesian: pedesaan
Icelandic: sveitalífs-; sveitasælu-	Italian: pastorale	Japanese: 田園の
Korean: 전원생활의	Lithuanian: kaimo, idiliškas	Latvian: pastorāls, lauku-
Malay: desa	Dutch: landelijk	Norwegian: hyrde-, landsens-; idylli
Polish: sielankowy, wiejski	Persian: وابسته به زندگی روستایی	Pashto: شپني، كليوالي، كشيشى، مل
Portuguese: pastoral	Romanian: pastoral	Russian: пасторальный
Slovak: vidiecky, idylický	Slovenian: pastoralen	Serbian: pastoralan
Swedish: pastoral, lantlig, herde-	Thai: ชีวิตชนบท	Turkish: kır yaşamı, pastoral
Taiwanese: 鄉村生活的	Ukrainian: пасторальний	Urdu: ديہي زندگي سے متعلق
Vietnamese: có tính chất đồng quê	Chinese: 乡村生活的
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