Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pastoral
Pastoral
pastoral
adj. & n. --adj. 1 of, relating to, or associated with shepherds or flocks and herds. 2 (of land) used for pasture. 3 (of a poem, picture, etc.) portraying country life, usu. in a romantic or idealized form. 4 of or appropriate to a pastor. --n. 1 a pastoral poem, play, picture, etc. 2 a letter from a pastor (esp. a bishop) to the clergy or people. Phrases and idioms pastoral staff a bishop's crosier. pastoral theology that considering religious truth in relation to spiritual needs. Derivatives pastoralism n. pastorality n. pastorally adv. Etymology: ME f. L pastoralis (as PASTOR)
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~is, from pastor herdsman Date: 15th century 1. a. of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen, devoted to or based on livestock raising, of or relating to the countryside ; not urban , portraying or expressive of the life of shepherds or country people especially in an idealized and conventionalized manner , pleasingly peaceful and innocent ; idyllic, 2. of or relating to spiritual care or guidance especially of a congregation, of or relating to the pastor of a church, ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1584 1. a literary work (as a poem or play) dealing with shepherds or rural life in a usually artificial manner and typically drawing a contrast between the innocence and serenity of the simple life and the misery and corruption of city and especially court life, ~ poetry or drama, a rural picture or scene, ~e 1a, crosier 1, a letter of a pastor to his charge: as, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese, a letter of the house of bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church to be read in each parish ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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