pastoral
adj 1: of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral
letter"
2: relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising
sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral
land"; "a pastoral economy" [syn: {bucolic}]
3: used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian
contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its
pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" [syn: {arcadian},
{bucolic}, {rustic}]
4: suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his
idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of
America's Golden Age" [syn: {idyllic}]
n 1: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn: {pastorale},
{idyll}]
2: a letter from a pastor to the congregation
3: a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the
life of shepherds)