PASTORAL

Definition of PASTORAL

  1. (adj)of or relating to a pastor
  2. (adj)relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  3. (noun)a musical composition that evokes rural life
  4. (noun)a letter from a pastor to the congregation
  5. (noun)a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
  6. (adj)(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic