pastoral
adjective
[ ˈpɑːst(ə)r(ə)l ]
• (of land) used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.
• "scattered pastoral farms"
• (in the Christian Church) concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance.
• "pastoral and doctrinal issues"
Similar:
priestly,
clerical,
ecclesiastical,
ministerial,
hieratic,
sacerdotal,
vicarial,
parsonical,
rectorial,
churchly,
prelatic,
apostolic,
pastoral
noun
• a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.
• "the story, though a pastoral, has an actual connection with the life of agricultural labour"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin pastoralis ‘relating to a shepherd’, from pastor ‘shepherd’ (see pastor).
