| pastoral | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. idyl, idyll, pastoral, pastorale | a musical composition that evokes rural life. |
| ~ musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece | a musical work that has been created.; "the composition is written in four movements" |
| n. (communication) | 2. pastoral | a letter from a pastor to the congregation. |
| ~ letter, missive | a written message addressed to a person or organization.; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" |
| n. (communication) | 3. pastoral | a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds). |
| ~ literary composition, literary work | imaginative or creative writing. |
| ~ eclogue, bucolic, idyl, idyll | a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life. |
| adj. (pertain) | 4. pastoral | of or relating to a pastor.; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter" |
| adj. (pertain) | 5. bucolic, pastoral | relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle.; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy" |
| adj. | 6. 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" |
| ~ rural | living in or characteristic of farming or country life.; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" |
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