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KK Pronunciation

〔 ˋpæstәrәl 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˊpɑːstәrәl 〕


Overview of noun pastoral

The noun pastoral has 3 senses


  • pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl -- (a musical composition that evokes rural life)

  • pastoral -- (a letter from a pastor to the congregation)

  • pastoral -- (a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds))


Overview of adj pastoral

The adj pastoral has 3 senses


  • pastoral -- (of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter")

  • bucolic, pastoral -- (relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy")

  • arcadian, bucolic, pastoral -- ((used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility")