pastoral
Of rural life
Pastoral relates to the countryside, rural life, and the tending of sheep or cattle.
A pastoral scene depicts peaceful farmland or meadows; pastoral duties involve caring for livestock.
The word extends to spiritual care: a pastor tends a congregation as a shepherd tends a flock, so pastoral counseling addresses someone's emotional and spiritual needs.
In literature and art, the pastoral is a genre idealizing simple rural existence, often contrasting it with urban corruption.
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- pasturelandLand for grazing animals
- grazingFeeding on pasture
flock · livestock · husbandry · bucolic · verdant · homestead · barnyard · paddock
Pastoral dialogue poem
- idyllTranquil rural tableau
- VirgilClassical epic poet
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- SpenserTudor allegorical poet
Sidney · nymph · swain · golden age · locus amoenus
One who performs sacraments
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- rectorParish clergy chief
- parsonProtestant parish minister
chaplain · curate · deacon · bishop · reverend · cleric · parish · diocese
Idyllically rural
- tranquilCalm and untroubled
- peacefulFree from disturbance
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- picturesqueVisually pleasing, paintable
halcyon · edenic · harmonious · placid · unspoiled · sylvan · quaint · timeless
Animals gathered together
- crookBent implement or criminal
- herdingManaging animal groups
- sheepdogDog bred for herding
- lambJuvenile sheep
ewe · ram · shearing · sheepfold · herdsman · shepherdess · tending · wool
Advice for decisions
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
oversight · stewardship · welfare · visitation · compassion · consolation · spiritual direction · ministry
countryside
Rural area beyond towns
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
- meadowGrassy field for grazing
- pasturelandLand for grazing animals
grazing · flock · livestock · husbandry · bucolic · verdant · homestead · barnyard · paddock · orchard
eclogue
Pastoral dialogue poem
Spenser · Sidney · nymph · swain · golden age · locus amoenus
priest
One who performs sacraments
parson · chaplain · curate · deacon · bishop · reverend · cleric · parish · diocese · congregation
bucolic
Idyllically rural
picturesque · halcyon · edenic · harmonious · placid · unspoiled · sylvan · quaint · timeless · simple
flock
Animals gathered together
lamb · ewe · ram · shearing · sheepfold · herdsman · shepherdess · tending · wool · collie
guidance
Advice for decisions
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
mentorship · oversight · stewardship · welfare · visitation · compassion · consolation · spiritual direction · ministry · chaplaincy
musette
French folk aerophone
- Romantic PoetryWordsworth, Keats, William Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge
- Greek poetryHomer, Sappho, Iliad, Odyssey, hymns
- Renaissance poetrysonnet, Spenser, sonnets, Sidney, Marlowe
- countrysidefarmhouse, farm, barns, farmyard, barn
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
pastoralurban
Pertaining to cities
metropolitan · citified · urbanized · municipal · civic
- pastoral landscapeIdyllic rural countryside view
- pastoral lifestyleCountryside-centered way of living
- al pastorMarinated pork, vertical rotisserie
- pastoral careReligious emotional support
- youth pastorMinister serving adolescents
- pastoral lifeExistence in countryside simplicity
pastor, pastors, pastorate, pastored, pastoring, pastoralist, pastoralism, pastorals, pastorally