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Meaning of pastoral

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pastoral
      adj 1: of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral
             letter"
      2: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep
         or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a
         pastoral economy" [syn: {bucolic}, {pastoral}]
      3: (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically
         rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant
         bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic
         tranquility" [syn: {arcadian}, {bucolic}, {pastoral}]
      n 1: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn:
           {pastorale}, {pastoral}, {idyll}, {idyl}]
      2: a letter from a pastor to the congregation
      3: a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the
         life of shepherds)

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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