pastoral

[ pas-ter-uhl, pah-ster- ]
/ ˈpæs tər əl, ˈpɑ stər- /

adjective

noun

Origin of pastoral

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pāstōrālis, equivalent to pāstōr-, stem of pāstor (see pastor) + -ālis -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM pastoral

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pastoral

pastoral pastorale

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British Dictionary definitions for pastoral

pastoral
/ (ˈpɑːstərəl) /

adjective

noun

Derived forms of pastoral

pastoralism, noun pastorally, adverb

Word 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.