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Definition of pastoral

pastoral - adj. of or relating to a pastor; suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; used of idealized country life; relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; noun a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds); a letter from a pastor to the congregation; a musical composition that evokes rural life.



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