pastoral

Meanings

Noun

• a musical composition that evokes rural life
• a letter from a pastor to the congregation
• a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

Adjective

• of or relating to a pastor
  • "pastoral work"
  • "a pastoral letter"
• relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  • "pastoral seminomadic people"
  • "pastoral land"
  • "a pastoral economy"

Adjective Satellite

• (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
  • "charming in its pastoral setting"

Synonyms

arcadian, bucolic, idyl, idyll, pastorale