PASTORAL
\pˈastəɹə͡l], \pˈastəɹəl], \p_ˈa_s_t_ə_ɹ_əl]\
Definitions of PASTORAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
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a letter from a pastor to the congregation
By Princeton University
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a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
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a letter from a pastor to the congregation
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
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Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
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A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
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Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
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A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to the care of a church; pertaining to rural life.
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A poem showing happenings in countrylife; a picture showing rural scenes.
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Pastorally.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pastorally.
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Pertaining to the life of shepherds and rustics.
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Pertaining to a pastor and his work.
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A poem dealing with rural matters; an idyl.
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A picture illustrating rural scenes.
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Pastorship.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Relating to shepherds or shepherd life: rustic: relating to the pastor of a church: addressed to the clergy of a diocese.
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A poem which professes to delineate the scenery and life of the country: a pastoral letter or address: (mus.) a simple melody.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Pertaining to shepherds or shepherd life; rural; relating to the pastor of a church or the cure of souls; addressed to the clergy.
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A poem on shepherd or rural life; a bucolic; a pastoral letter; a pastorale.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Pert. to shepherds; pert. to the care of a flock or a church; addressed to the clergy of a diocese by its bishop; rustic; rural.
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A sort of dramatic poem on the incidents of a country life; a bishop's pastoral letter, or that of an ecclesiastical court, addressed to both clergy and people.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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