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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. (noun)
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"
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