pastoral
Collocations
4ADJ.
better, green, living
VERB + PASTORAL
appears, providing, rise
PASTORAL + NOUN
children', jane, life, nomadism, novels
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock.
Like the Mesolithic age of 10,000-8000 B.C., the period 6000-4000 B.C. seems to be one of the fall of fortresses and the rise of pastoral nomadism.
Relating to rural life and scenes, in particular of poetry.
We were living a pastoral life.
[…] these pastoral farms, / Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!
Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.
pastoral duties
a pastoral letter
noun
A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
Ethel was silent from surprise: she had prepared herself for anger—even sorrow; but ridicule left her without an answer. What could she say to a hearer, who only smiled, and to whom emotion was only a scene in a 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.
A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.
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6Like the Mesolithic age of 10,000-8000 B.C., the period 6000-4000 B.C. seems to be one of the fall of fortresses and the rise of pastoral nomadism.
WiktionaryWe were living a pastoral life.
Wiktionary[…] these pastoral farms, / Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!
WiktionaryEthel was silent from surprise: she had prepared herself for anger—even sorrow; but ridicule left her without an answer. What could she say to a hearer, who only smiled, and to whom emotion was only a
WiktionaryNo trace of Napoleon's waltz across Europe appears in the pastoral novels of Jane Austen.
Tatoeba · #2099959'Some schools are better at providing pastoral support to children', he said.
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