noun
                                                a musical composition that evokes rural life
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                                                noun
                                                a letter from a pastor to the congregation
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                of or relating to a pastor
                                                
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                                                                                                        - pastoral work
- a pastoral letter
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
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                                                                                                        - pastoral seminomadic people
- pastoral land
- a pastoral economy
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
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                                                                                                        - a country life of arcadian contentment
- a pleasant bucolic scene
- charming in its pastoral setting
- rustic tranquility