pastoral

/'pɑ:stə/

Thân thiện

A shepherd tends to his flock in a peaceful pastoral landscape.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Relating to the countryside or rural life, often idealized: Describing a peaceful, simple, and idyllic view of country life, especially involving shepherds or farming.
   • Relating to the care of a religious congregation: Pertaining to the duties, guidance, or work of a pastor, priest, or minister.

2. Noun:

   • A work of art, literature, or music depicting rural life: A creative piece that portrays an idealized version of country or shepherd life.
   • A letter from a pastor: A formal letter of guidance or teaching written by a pastor to their congregation.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The painting depicted a pastoral scene with shepherds and grazing sheep.
  • The bishop wrote a pastoral letter addressing the community's concerns.
• Noun:
  • The poet wrote a pastoral celebrating the simplicity of farm life.
  • The congregation eagerly read the bishop's latest pastoral.

Advanced Usage

• "Pastoral care": The emotional, spiritual, and social support provided by a religious leader.
  • The priest's pastoral care was a great comfort to the grieving family.
• "Pastoral economy": An economic system based on the herding of livestock.
  • The region's pastoral economy relies heavily on cattle ranching.

Variants and Related Words

• Pastorally (adverb): In a manner relating to the countryside or to pastoral duties.
  • The land was used pastorally for centuries.
• Pastoralism (noun): A social and economic system based on raising livestock.
• Pastoralist (noun): A person involved in pastoralism.

Synonyms

• Adjective (rural sense): Bucolic, rustic, rural, idyllic.
• Adjective (clergy sense): Ministerial, ecclesiastical, priestly.

Related Phrases

• Pastoral visit: A visit made by a clergy member to members of their congregation.
  • The new priest scheduled a pastoral visit to every home in the parish.

Related Idioms

• "Pastoral symphony": Often used to describe a piece of music that evokes rural scenes. (Note: This is a common title, not a fixed idiom with figurative meaning).
  • Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 is known as the "Pastoral" Symphony.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
   • a country life of arcadian contentment
   • a pleasant bucolic scene
   • charming in its pastoral setting
   • rustic tranquility
2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle
   • pastoral seminomadic people
   • pastoral land
   • a pastoral economy
3. of or relating to a pastor
   • pastoral work
   • a pastoral letter

Noun

1. a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
2. a letter from a pastor to the congregation
3. a musical composition that evokes rural life

Từ đồng nghĩa

• arcadian
• bucolic
• pastorale
• idyll
• idyl