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BNC: 7146 COCA: 7257

pastoral

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pastoral /ˈpæstərəl/ Brit /ˈpɑːstərəl/ adjective
pastoral
/ˈpæstərəl/ Brit /ˈpɑːstərəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of PASTORAL
1 
: of or relating to the countryside or to the lives of people who live in the country乡村生活的；田园式的
2 
: of or relating to the spiritual care or guidance of people who are members of a religious group教牧的
3 
: of or relating to the pastor of a church牧师的
BNC: 7146 COCA: 7257

pastoral

1 of 2

adjective

pas·​to·​ral ˈpa-st(ə-)rəl How to pronounce pastoral (audio)
 nonstandard  pa-ˈstȯr-əl
1
a(1)
: of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen
a pastoral people, seminomadic in their habits J. M. Mogey
(2)
: devoted to or based on livestock raising
a pastoral economy
b
: of or relating to the countryside : not urban
a pastoral setting
c
: portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and conventionalized manner
pastoral poetry
a pastoral symphony
d
: pleasingly peaceful and innocent : idyllic
pastoral dreams were shattered by the year's round of … unwelcome visitors, ruinous floods and procrastinating workmen Betty Fussell
2
a
: of or relating to spiritual care or guidance especially of a congregation
pastoral counseling
b
: of or relating to the pastor of a church
pastoral duties
pastorally
ˈpa-st(ə-)rə-lē How to pronounce pastoral (audio)
adverb
pastoralness noun

pastoral

2 of 2

noun

pas·​to·​ral ˈpa-st(ə-)rəl How to pronounce pastoral (audio)
sense 1d is often
ˌpa-stə-ˈräl How to pronounce pastoral (audio) -ˈral How to pronounce pastoral (audio)
plural pastorals
1
a
: a literary work (such as a poem or play) dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life
b
: pastoral poetry or drama
c
: a rural picture or scene
d
: pastorale sense 1a
2
: crosier sense 1
3
: a letter of a pastor to a charge: such as
a
: a letter addressed by a bishop to the bishop's diocese
b
: a letter of the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church to be read in each parish

Synonyms

Adjective

Example Sentences

Adjective The house is situated in a charming pastoral setting. Her favorite painting in the collection is a pastoral landscape. The bishop outlined the church's views in a pastoral letter.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
There’s a porch to enjoy the pastoral view and a fire pit. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2022 These days, there are fresh takes on its traditional elaborate pastoral scenes, though the print on this lovely shower curtain plays it straight. Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022 Beloved by Marie Antoinette and Joséphine Bonaparte, the fabric typically featured romantic pastoral scenes. New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022 Through rustic depictions of pastoral work, the film provides an intimate commentary on environmental ties to the land and the memories of the past that helps sustain them. Holly Jones, Variety, 29 July 2022 Adventurous drivers sometimes make it as far as pastoral Münstertal, about 60 miles south. Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 17 June 2022 With its emphasis on pastoral care and administrating faith services, chaplaincy in many ways reflects the role of a Latter-day Saint bishop — a role held exclusively by faithful male priesthood holders. Tamarra Kemsley, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 Perhaps most prominent is the bishop's responsibility for the pastoral care of Catholics and ex-Catholics in his jurisdiction. Fox News, 13 July 2022 After construction wrapped in 1994, the two-bedroom Bridge House became a harmonious accompaniment to the pastoral landscape. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2022
Noun
Instead of rising to this responsibility, Gomez — L.A.'s first archbishop of Mexican descent — has shirked it by paying more attention to the political than the pastoral. Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 The pastoral of Shakespeare lies deep beneath the play’s surface, and below that are even older cultural strains. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 19 June 2022 Watkins is a necessary writer for a changing American pastoral. Hillary Kelly, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021 In considering the relationship between Sublimity and the English pastoral, there appeared to be two schools of thought. Henry Wismayer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2021 Nothing takes me back to the Midwestern pastoral of my youth quite like the smells of springtime: freshly cut grass with an edge of lawnmower fuel, the sweet ozone of an imminent thunderstorm. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 3 June 2021 The Golden Globes’ decision to place the film, an American pastoral, in its foreign-language category only underscores the continual unbelonging of Asian Americans. Anne Anlin Cheng, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2021 This is not Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 adaptation Romeo + Juliet—with its psychedelic dystopia and doomed romanticism—but an agrarian pastoral of blues and oranges and blacks. Tiana Reid, The New York Review of Books, 20 June 2020 Now a new documentary will look at the history of this genre, in which the pastoral is routinely entwined with the painful. Clark Collis, EW.com, 10 July 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective and Noun

Middle English, from Latin pastoralis, from pastor herdsman

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Noun

1584, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of pastoral was in the 15th century
BNC: 7146 COCA: 7257

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