definition of
[pastoral]

[1] #1 pastoral a. of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter". wn

[2] #2 pastoral n. [pastorale, idyll, idyl] a musical composition that evokes rural life. wn

[3] #3 pastoral n. a letter from a pastor to the congregation. wn

[4] #4 pastoral a. [bucolic] relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy". wn

[5] #5 pastoral n. a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds). wn