pastoral

  • (a) of or relating to a pastor
    • pastoral work
    • a pastoral letter
  • (a) relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
    • pastoral seminomadic people
    • pastoral land
    • a pastoral economy
    bucolic,
  • (s) (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
    arcadian, bucolic,

Nouns

  • (n) a musical composition that evokes rural life idyl, pastorale, idyll,
  • (n) a letter from a pastor to the congregation
  • (n) a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

Synonyms

idyl pastorale idyll bucolic arcadian

Words of close approximity

pastorale