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How to pronounce pastoral
IPA transcription: ['pæstɚəl]
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Noun
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a musical composition that evokes rural life
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a letter from a pastor to the congregation
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a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
Adjective
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of or relating to a pastor
“pastoral work”
“a pastoral letter”
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relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
“pastoral seminomadic people”
“pastoral land”
“a pastoral economy”
Adjective
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(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”
Usage examples
- The land failed to sell at first and was opened to pastoral leases.
- Others take a more popular or pastoral approach.
- Roger Sheaffe established the first pastoral run in the Cloncurry district - "Fort Constantine".
- Like the original New College, it provides academic tutors and pastoral care.
- William Browne's "Britannia's Pastorals "also contains passages in ottava rima.
- After a pastoral introduction, the Grainger setting is replicated by the woodwinds.
- As patriarch Scola developed a reputation of openness and pastoral concern.
- For pastoral and many extra-curricular purposes the Secondary School is "Tribally" based.
- The organization in deaneries enables consultation and pastoral mutual aid between the parishes.
- The area supports a significant pastoral industry.