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• n  a musical composition that evokes rural life
• n  a letter from a pastor to the congregation
• n  a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
• 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
• s  (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
  charming in its pastoral setting

• By process of elimination the pastoral choices soon narrowed down to Giuseppe Siri, 72, of Genoa, Corrado Ursi, 70, of Naples, and Luciani.
• Tucked away in a quiet corner of the Manchester Guardian's "Country Diary" last week was some satisfying pastoral correspondence from a quiet corner of Hereford.
• The Mexican Episcopate issued last week a pastoral letter signed by Archbishop Jose Maria Del Rio in which the encouragement of Pope Pius XI was extended to the Catholics of Mexico .

• pastorale
• idyll
• idyl
• bucolic
• arcadian

News & Articles

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• Displaying Art Depends On Frame Of Reference
  The importance of artwork and how it's displayed has remained with me since childhood when I first took a picture of a pretty young woman set in a pastoral scene from a magazine, placed it in a wood frame ( purchased at the 5-and-10-cent store) and hung
  June 12, 2013 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Three Staten Island Roman Catholic parishes regroup under Cardinal Dolan, sources say
  It's all part of a pastoral shuffle slated to occur July 1.
  June 11, 2013 - Staten Island Advance
• Three Staten Island Roman Catholic parishes regroup under Cardinal Dolan, sources say
  It's all part of a pastoral shuffle slated to occur July 1.
  June 11, 2013 - Staten Island Advance

Quotes

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• Cardinal Francis George in FOXNews
  To put recent events in some perspective, I have asked Father Michael Pfleger, Pastor of St. Sabina's Parish, to step back from his obligations there and take leave for a couple of weeks from his pastoral duties, effective today,Francis...
• Robert Mugabe in Reuters
  If I had gone to church and the priest had read that so-called pastoral letter, I would have stood up and said nonsense ...... the bishops have decided to turn political,said Mugabe, a Catholic who attends church regularly.
• Pope Benedict XVI in FOXNews
  One can also come to appreciate the human wisdom and pastoral intensity which guided him in his long years of ministry, especially in providing organized assistance to the Jewish people,Benedict said.