Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːst(ə)r(ə)l/
adjective
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1(of land) used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle: scattered pastoral farms
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associated with country life: the view was pastoral, with rolling fields and grazing sheep
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(of a work of art) portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form.
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2(in the Christian Church) concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance: pastoral and doctrinal issues clergy doing pastoral work
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relating to or denoting a teacher’s responsibility for the general well-being of pupils or students: the pastoral care of boarders
noun
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a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life: the story, though a pastoral, has an actual connection with the life of agricultural labour
