pastoral

See also: pastorał

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French pastoral, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pastoralis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: păs"tōr-al, IPA^(key): /ˌpæsˈtɔːɹəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpæs.tə.ɹəl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

pastoral (comparative more pastoral, superlative most pastoral)

1. Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock
2. Relating to rural life and scenes

   We were living a pastoral life.

   • He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. - 1985 McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter
   • [...] these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey, lines 16-18.

3. Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.

   pastoral duties; a pastoral letter

Derived terms

• agropastoral
• antipastoral
• nonpastoral
• pastoral care
• pastoral charge
• pastoralism
• pastoralist
• pastoralize
• pastoral letter
• pastorally
• pastoralness
• pastoral staff
• pastoral theology
• prepastoral
• silvipastoral
• unpastoral

 

Translations

of or pertaining to shepherds

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 牧人的

• Finnish: paimen- (fi), pastoraalinen (fi)
• French: pastoral (fr) m
• Greek: ποιμενικός (el) m (poimenikós), βουκολικός (el) m (voukolikós)
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• Polish: pasterski (pl)
• Portuguese: pastoral (pt), pastoril (pt)
• Russian: пастуший (ru) m (pastušij)
• Spanish: pastoral
• Swedish: pastoral (sv)

relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 主教的

• Esperanto: pastra
• Finnish: papillinen
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• French: pastoral (fr) m
• Greek: ποιμαντικός (el) f (poimantikós)
• Polish: duszpasterski (pl), pasterski (pl), pastoralny (pl)
• Portuguese: pastoral (pt)

Noun

pastoral (plural pastorals)

1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
2. (music) 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.
3. (religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
4. (religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

Translations

poem

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 田园诗 (zh)

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• Finnish: pastoraali (fi)
• Russian: пастора́ль (ru) f (pastorálʹ)

cantata

• Finnish: pastoraali (fi)
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• Russian: пастора́ль (ru) f (pastorálʹ)

letter of a pastor

• Finnish: paimenkirje
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letter of the house of bishops

• Finnish: paimenkirje, piispan kirje
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• Polish: list pasterski m

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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} pastorale (it) m
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Anagrams

• Laportas, proatlas

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Catalan

Adjective

pastoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural pastorals)

1. pastoral

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French

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French pastoral, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pastoralis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -alis.

Adjective

pastoral (feminine pastorale, masculine plural pastoraux, feminine plural pastorales)

1. pastoral

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pastoˈʀaːl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

pastoral (not comparable)

1. pastoral

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. Alternative form of pastoril
2. pastoral (relating to the pastor of a church)

Noun

pastoral f (plural pastorais)

1. (Roman Catholicism) a letter written by a bishop or the pope explaining a doctrine

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Spanish

Adjective

pastoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural pastorales)

1. pastoral

Noun

pastoral f (plural pastorales)

1. pastoral