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pastoral
     1. adj. Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders
     2. adj. Relating to rural life and scenes
           We were living a pastoral life.
           * He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. - 1985 McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter
           * ... these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey, lines 16-18.
     3. adj. Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.
           pastoral duties; a pastoral letter
     4. n. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
     5. n. (music) 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.
     6. n. (religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
     7. n. (religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

Example Sentences

Overall, women tend to be involved in teaching and learning rather than research, and are more involved in pastoral care than their male colleagues. 



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