PASTORAL
Scrabble letter values: P3A1S1T1O1R1A1L1 = 10
Definition
- adjective of or relating to a pastor.
- adjective relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle. — synonyms: bucolic
- adjective (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic. — synonyms: arcadian, bucolic
- noun a musical composition that evokes rural life. — synonyms: pastorale, idyll, idyl
- noun a letter from a pastor to the congregation.
- noun a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds).
Examples
- “pastoral work”
- “a pastoral letter”
- “pastoral seminomadic people”