pastoralEnglish

pastoral, bucolic, arcadian, idyl, idyll

Rare #21,224 of the corpus · 1.9 per million words · 8,195 occurrences

Noun

A musical composition that evokes rural life

English: pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl

A letter from a pastor to the congregation

English: pastoral

A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

English: pastoral

Adjective

(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

English: arcadian, bucolic, pastoral

Bahasa: desa, kampung

Of or relating to a pastor

English: pastoral

Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

English: bucolic, pastoral

Bahasa: penggembala

1 more adjective senses

Suggestive of an idyll, charmingly simple and serene

English: idyllic

Bahasa: kedesaan

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