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Definitions for: Pastoral
[n] a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
[n] a letter from a pastor to the congregation
[n] a musical composition that evokes rural life
[adj] suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age"
[adj] used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
[adj] of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"
[adj] relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
Webster (1913) Definition: Pas"tor*al, a. [L. pastoralis: cf. F. pastoral. See
Pastor.]
1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural
life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a
church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
Pastoral staff (Eccl.), a staff, usually of the form of a
shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop,
abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it.
See Crook, and Crosier.
Pastoral Theology, that part of theology which treats of
the duties of pastors.
Pas"tor*al, n.
1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a
poem in which the speakers assume the character of
shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
A pastoral is a poem in which any action or passion
is represented by its effects on a country life.
--Rambler.
2. (Mus.) 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. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
3. (Eccl.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically,
a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot.
Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read
in each parish.
Synonyms: arcadian, bucolic, bucolic, idyllic, pastorale, pleasant, rural, rustic
See Also: bucolic, composition, eclogue, idyll, letter, literary composition, literary work, missive, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
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