pastoral
[ pas-ter-uhl, pah-ster- ]
/ ˈpæs tər əl, ˈpɑ stər- /
adjective
noun
Origin of pastoral
OTHER WORDS FROM pastoral
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pastoral
pastoral pastoraleWords nearby pastoral
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British Dictionary definitions for pastoral
pastoral
/ (ˈpɑːstərəl) /
adjective
noun
Derived forms of pastoral
pastoralism, noun pastorally, adverbWord Origin for pastoral
C15: from Latin, from
pastor
Cultural definitions for pastoral
pastoral
A work of art that celebrates the cultivated enjoyment of the countryside. The poem “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” 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.