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Eclogue :: Eclogue (n.) A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established..

Oboe :: Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy..

Bucolic :: Bucolic (a.) Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Arcadic :: Arcadic (a.) Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery..

Heritage :: Heritage (a.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge..

Pastorally :: Pastorally (adv.) In a pastoral or rural manner.

Shepherdly :: Shepherdly (a.) Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish..

Shepherdish :: Shepherdish (n.) Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral.

Idyl :: Idyl (n.) A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (a.) Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (a.) Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life..

Cossack :: Cossack (n.) One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions..

Yakoots :: Yakoots (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits..

Pastorally :: Pastorally (adv.) In the manner of a pastor.

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..

Shepherdism :: Shepherdism (n.) Pastoral life or occupation.

Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

Pastorale :: Pastorale (n.) A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.

Reed :: Reed (n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.

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