pastoral

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock.
2. Relating to rural life and scenes, in particular of poetry.
3. 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.

Noun

1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
2. 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.
3. A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
4. A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

Synonyms

bucolic

idyllic

pastorale

idyll

rural

clerical

arcadian

idyl

ministerial

country

rustic

priest like

pastorly

agrarian

poimenic

cleric

crozier

ecclesiastical

hieratic

nomadic

priestly

sacerdotal

verse

vicarial

nomadic life

Translations

pastorale

pastoral

pastoral

pastoral

pastoral

bucolique

Pastorale

ποιμενικός

bucolico

ιερατικός

pastoril

βουκολικός

ländlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæs.tə.ɹəl/

Etymology

From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pāstōrālis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -ālis.