| 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. | |
| duties |
| 1. n. plural of duty | |
| duty |
| 1. n. That which one is morally or legally obligated to do. | |
| We don't have a duty to keep you here. | |
| 2. n. The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task. | |
| I’m on duty from 6 pm to 6 am. | |
| 3. n. A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff. | |
| customs duty; excise duty | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) One's due, something one is owed; a debt or fee. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage. | |
| 6. n. The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 | |
| a |
| 1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
| There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
| 2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
| I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
| 3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
| We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
| 4. art. The same; one. | |
| We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
| 5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
| A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
| He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
| 6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
| 7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
| The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
| 8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
| Stand a tiptoe. | |
| 9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
| Torn a pieces. | |
| 10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
| I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
| 11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
| 12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
| A God’s name. | |
| 13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
| King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
| To set the people a worke. | |
| 14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
| 1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
| The times, they are a-changin'. | |
| 15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
| 1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
| Jacob, when he was a dying | |
| 16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
| 17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
| I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
| 18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
| 19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
| 20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
| The name of John a Gaunt. | |
| 21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
| 22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
| 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. | |
| letter |
| 1. n. A symbol in an alphabet. | |
| There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet. | |
| 2. n. A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note. | |
| I wrote a letter to my sister about my life. | |
| 3. n. The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit). | |
| 4. n. (plural) Literature. | |
| Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters. | |
| 5. n. (law) A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet. | |
| Letter (b) constitutes an exception to this provision. | |
| 6. n. (US) A size of paper, 8½ in × 11 in (215.9 mm × 279.4 mm, US paper sizes rounded to the nearest 5 mm). | |
| 7. n. (Canada) A size of paper, 215 mm × 280 mm. | |
| 8. n. (US, scholastic) (clipping of varsity letter) | |
| 9. n. (printing, dated) A single type; type, collectively; a style of type. | |
| 10. v. To print, inscribe, or paint letters on something. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive, US, scholastic) To earn a varsity letter (award). | |
| 12. n. One who lets, or lets out. | |
| the letter of a room | |
| a blood-letter | |
| 13. n. (archaic) One who retards or hinders. | |
