having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
2.
pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic.
3.
portraying or suggesting idyllically the life of shepherds or of the country, as a work of literature, art, or music: pastoral poetry; a pastoral symphony.
4.
of, pertaining to, or consisting of shepherds.
5.
of or pertaining to a pastor or the duties of a pastor: pastoral visits to a hospital.
6.
used for pasture, as land.
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7.
a poem, play, or the like, dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional or artificial manner, or with simple rural life generally; a bucolic.
8.
a picture or work of art representing the shepherds' life.
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