Pastoral

What do we mean by pastoral?

Of or relating to shepherds or herders. adjective

Of, relating to, or used for animal husbandry. adjective

Of or relating to the country or country life; rural. adjective

Charmingly simple and serene; idyllic. synonym: rural. adjective

Of, relating to, or being a literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life, usually in an idealized way. adjective

Of or relating to a pastor or the duties of a pastor. adjective

A literary or other artistic work that portrays or evokes rural life, usually in an idealized way. noun

A pastorale. noun

A treatise on the duties of a pastor. noun

Pertaining to a herdsman or shepherd, or to flocks or herds; rustic; rural: as, a pastoral life; pastoral manners.

Descriptive of the life of shepherds; treating of rustic life: as, a pastoral poem.

Of or pertaining to a pastor or his office, dignity, duties, etc.; relating to the cure of souls: as, the pastoral care of a church; a pastoral visit; pastoral work.

In churches of the Presbyterian and Congregational orders, the address of counsel made by a clergyman to a pastor on his ordination or installation.

Synonyms and Rustic, Bucolic, etc. See rural.

A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds, or a poem in which the characters are shepherds or shepherdesses; in general, any poem the subject of which is the country or a country life; a bucolic. noun

Any work of art of which the subject is rural. noun

In music, same as pastorale. noun

A pastoral letter or address. noun

A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.

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.

A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.

A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

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Protestant religious ministers are often called pastors. A pastor is a man (or a woman) that leads a congregation of believers and has the power to bless and administer the Holy Eucharist, among several other jobs. A pastor is the Protestant equivilent of Roman Catholic priest. Urban Dictionary

A Pastor is someone who preaches the Gospel, the word Pastor also mean shepherd because the people he teach are compared to sheep in the Bible. Urban Dictionary

When you or someone you know has been touched inappropriately by a pastor. Urban Dictionary

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Pass-tor (n) middle english 1) an ignorant sonofabitch with a Bass boat; 2) a letch who gropes the loins and lucious breasts of Sunday school girls; 3) a man of god who doesn't file income tax returns; and 4) all of the above. Urban Dictionary

Person who legally steals desperate people's money, and will strangely go to heaven. Also see thief Urban Dictionary

A group of body lead by a 'pastor' who might not really obey the traditional and biblical teachings of religious texts or any religion they identify with. In which the rules and teachings are from the 'pastor' instead of religious texts. Urban Dictionary

The act of molestation upon a minor, as performed by a pastor. Pastorize, pastorized, pastorization. Urban Dictionary

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Words that are spelled similarly to pastoral:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pastoral:
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Words that rhyme with pastoral:
castor hill, pastor hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pastoral:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective pastoral:
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Consonant match to pastoral:
pastorale, postoral, pastor hill.

Words that sound like pastoral:
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