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PASTORAL

Definition:

[noun] a musical composition that evokes rural life
Synonyms: idyll
[noun] a letter from a pastor to the congregation
[noun] a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
[adjective] of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"
[adjective] relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
Synonyms: bucolic
[adjective] used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
Synonyms: arcadian, bucolic, rustic
[adjective] suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age"
Synonyms: idyllic