Definition of pastoral

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Pastoral (n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.

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Pastoral :: Pastoral (a.) Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life..
Pastorale :: Pastorale (n.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time..
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..
Reed :: Reed (n.) A musical instrument made of the hollow joint of some plant; a rustic or pastoral pipe.
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..
Shepherdism :: Shepherdism (n.) Pastoral life or occupation.
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..
Pastoral :: Pastoral (a.) Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter..
Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
Shepherdly :: Shepherdly (a.) Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic..
Pastorally :: Pastorally (adv.) In a pastoral or rural manner.
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..
Pastorally :: Pastorally (adv.) In the manner of a pastor.
Pastorale :: Pastorale (n.) A kind of dance; a kind of figure used in a dance.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister..
Amaryllis :: Amaryllis (n.) A pastoral sweetheart.
Bucolic :: Bucolic (a.) Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.
Arcadic :: Arcadic (a.) Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery..
Bergeret :: Bergeret (n.) A pastoral song.
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