pastoral

Definition

  • n. a letter from a pastor to the congregation
  • n. a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
  • adj. of or relating to a pastor

Word forms

Plural
pastorals

Example sentences

  1. n.

    The poet wrote a beautiful pastoral about the peaceful life in the countryside.

  2. a.

    They decided to spend their vacation in a pastoral village surrounded by green hills.