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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | pastoral | Of or relating to a pastor |
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| 2 | pastoral, bucolic | Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle | |
| 3 | pastoral, arcadian, bucolic, rustic | Used of idealized country life | |
| 4 | pastoral, idyllic | Suggestive of an idyll | |
| NOUN | 1 | pastoral, pastorale, idyll | A musical composition that evokes rural life |
| 2 | pastoral | A letter from a pastor to the congregation | |
| 3 | pastoral | A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) |
| Sounds | pae'sterahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | Of or relating to a pastor. |
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| Examples | "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter" |
| Nouns | pastor |
| Meaning | Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle. |
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| Examples | "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy" |
| Synonyms | bucolic |
| Nouns | shepherd |
| Meaning | Used of idealized country life. |
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| Examples | "charming in its pastoral setting" |
| Synonyms | arcadian, bucolic, rustic |
| Similar to | rural |
| Meaning | Suggestive of an idyll. Charmingly simple and serene. |
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| Examples | "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age" |
| Synonyms | idyllic |
| Similar to | pleasant |
| Meaning | A musical composition that evokes rural life. |
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| Synonyms | pastorale, idyll |
| Broader | musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music |
| Meaning | A letter from a pastor to the congregation. |
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| Broader | letter, missive |
| Meaning | A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds). |
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| Broader | literary composition, literary work |
| Narrower | eclogue, bucolic, idyll |
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