pastoral
pa stuh ruhl
- 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 .