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pastoral
[ pas-ter-uhl, pah-ster- ]
/ ËpĂŠs tÉr Él, ËpÉ stÉr- /
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adjective
noun
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Origin of pastoral
OTHER WORDS FROM pastoral
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pastoral
pastoral , pastoraleWords nearby pastoral
pastness, Pasto, past one's prime, pastor, pastorage, pastoral, pastoral counseling, pastorale, Pastoral Epistle, pastoralism, pastoralist
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British Dictionary definitions for pastoral
pastoral
/ (ËpÉËstÉrÉl) /
adjective
noun
Derived forms of pastoral
pastoralism, nounpastorally, adverbWord Origin for pastoral
C15: from Latin, from pastor
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Cultural definitions for pastoral
pastoral
A work of art that celebrates the cultivated enjoyment of the countryside. The poem âThe Passionate Shepherd to His Love,â by Christopher Marlowe, is a pastoral. Its first stanza reads:
Come live with me, and be my love;
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and valleys, dales and fields,
Woods or steepy mountain yields.
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