pastoral

pastoral is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
2. adjective. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.
3. noun. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.
6. noun. a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
7. noun. a letter from a pastor to the congregation
8. noun. a musical composition that evokes rural life

   Synonyms: idyl, idyll, pastorale

9. adjective. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic

   "a country life of arcadian contentment"

   "a pleasant bucolic scene"

   Synonyms: arcadian, bucolic

10. adjective. of or relating to a pastor

    "pastoral work"

    "a pastoral letter"

11. adjective. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle

    "pastoral seminomadic people"

    "pastoral land"

    Synonyms: bucolic

Synonyms

idyl, idyll, pastorale, arcadian, bucolic

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pastoral:

proatlas

Common word forms

pastorals, pastoraled, pastorales, pastorally, pastoraling, pastorality, pastoralize, pastoralness

Words from these letters

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