pastoral

See also: pastorał

English

Etymology

From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pastoralis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -alis.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: păs"tōr-al, IPA(key): /ˌpæsˈtɔːɹəl/
  • IPA(key): /ˈpæs.tə.ɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

pastoral (comparative more pastoral, superlative most pastoral)

  1. Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock
  2. Relating to rural life and scenes
    We were living a pastoral life.
    • He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. - 1985 McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter
    • [...] these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey, lines 16-18.
  3. Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.
    pastoral duties; a pastoral letter

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

pastoral (plural pastorals)

  1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
  2. (music) 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.
  3. (religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
  4. (religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

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Catalan

Adjective

pastoral (masculine and feminine plural pastorals)

  1. pastoral

French

Adjective

pastoral (feminine singular pastorale, masculine plural pastoraux, feminine plural pastorales)

  1. pastoral

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pastoˈʀaːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

pastoral (not comparable)

  1. pastoral

Declension
Declension of pastoral
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist pastoral sie ist pastoral es ist pastoral sie sind pastoral
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative pastoraler pastorale pastorales pastorale
genitive pastoralen pastoraler pastoralen pastoraler
dative pastoralem pastoraler pastoralem pastoralen
accusative pastoralen pastorale pastorales pastorale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der pastorale die pastorale das pastorale die pastoralen
genitive des pastoralen der pastoralen des pastoralen der pastoralen
dative dem pastoralen der pastoralen dem pastoralen den pastoralen
accusative den pastoralen die pastorale das pastorale die pastoralen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein pastoraler eine pastorale ein pastorales (keine) pastoralen
genitive eines pastoralen einer pastoralen eines pastoralen (keiner) pastoralen
dative einem pastoralen einer pastoralen einem pastoralen (keinen) pastoralen
accusative einen pastoralen eine pastorale ein pastorales (keine) pastoralen

Portuguese

Adjective

pastoral m or f (plural pastorais, comparable)

  1. Alternative form of pastoril
  2. pastoral (relating to the pastor of a church)

Noun

pastoral f (plural pastorais)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) a letter written by a bishop or the pope explaining a doctrine

Spanish

Adjective

pastoral (plural pastorales)

  1. pastoral

Noun

pastoral f (plural pastorales)

  1. pastoral
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