pastoral
See also: pastorał
English
Etymology
From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pastoralis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -alis.
Pronunciation
- enPR: păs"tōr-al, IPA(key): /ˌpæsˈtɔːɹəl/
- IPA(key): /ˈpæs.tə.ɹəl/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl
Adjective
pastoral (comparative more pastoral, superlative most pastoral)
- Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock
- Relating to rural life and scenes
- We were living a pastoral life.
- He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. - 1985 McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter
- [...] these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey, lines 16-18.
- We were living a pastoral life.
- 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.
- pastoral duties; a pastoral letter
Derived terms
- agropastoral
- antipastoral
- nonpastoral
- pastoral care
- pastoral charge
- pastoralism
- pastoralist
- pastoralize
- pastoral letter
- pastorally
- pastoralness
- pastoral staff
- pastoral theology
- prepastoral
- silvipastoral
- unpastoral
Translations
of or pertaining to shepherds
Noun
pastoral (plural pastorals)
- A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
- (music) 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.
- (religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
- (religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.
Translations
letter of a pastor
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letter of the house of bishops
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French
Adjective
pastoral (feminine singular pastorale, masculine plural pastoraux, feminine plural pastorales)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pastoˈʀaːl/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Declension
Declension of pastoral
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist pastoral | sie ist pastoral | es ist pastoral | sie sind pastoral | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | pastoraler | pastorale | pastorales | pastorale |
genitive | pastoralen | pastoraler | pastoralen | pastoraler | |
dative | pastoralem | pastoraler | pastoralem | pastoralen | |
accusative | pastoralen | pastorale | pastorales | pastorale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der pastorale | die pastorale | das pastorale | die pastoralen |
genitive | des pastoralen | der pastoralen | des pastoralen | der pastoralen | |
dative | dem pastoralen | der pastoralen | dem pastoralen | den pastoralen | |
accusative | den pastoralen | die pastorale | das pastorale | die pastoralen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein pastoraler | eine pastorale | ein pastorales | (keine) pastoralen |
genitive | eines pastoralen | einer pastoralen | eines pastoralen | (keiner) pastoralen | |
dative | einem pastoralen | einer pastoralen | einem pastoralen | (keinen) pastoralen | |
accusative | einen pastoralen | eine pastorale | ein pastorales | (keine) pastoralen |
Portuguese
Adjective
pastoral m or f (plural pastorais, comparable)
Noun
pastoral f (plural pastorais)
- (Roman Catholicism) a letter written by a bishop or the pope explaining a doctrine
Spanish
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