Pastoral
adjective
Related to the countryside or life in the countryside.
She enjoys pastoral scenes of the countryside.
Often appears as...
- pastoral landscape
- pastoral beauty
adjective
Related to the job or responsibilities of a pastor in a church.
His pastoral duties include leading the congregation and conducting weddings.
Often appears as...
- pastoral care
- pastoral duties
noun
A work of art, literature, or music that describes or represents the countryside or country life.
The poet's collection included several beautiful pastorals.
Often appears as...
- write a pastoral
- read a pastoral
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Related to farm animals and taking care of them.
The pastoral lifestyle involves tending to sheep and other livestock.
Often appears as...
- pastoral farming
- pastoral activities
adjective
Related to the countryside or life in the countryside.
She enjoys pastoral scenes of the countryside.
Often appears as...
- pastoral landscape
- pastoral beauty
adjective
Related to the job or responsibilities of a pastor in a church.
His pastoral duties include leading the congregation and conducting weddings.
Often appears as...
- pastoral care
- pastoral duties
noun
A work of art, literature, or music that describes or represents the countryside or country life.
The poet's collection included several beautiful pastorals.
Often appears as...
- write a pastoral
- read a pastoral
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Related to farm animals and taking care of them.
The pastoral lifestyle involves tending to sheep and other livestock.
Often appears as...
- pastoral farming
- pastoral activities
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Pro Tip 1/3Peaceful Imagery
Often suggests tranquility and simplicity associated with countryside.
His paintings captured the pastoral tranquility of rural life.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Urban
Remember, it contrasts with city or industrial settings.
Tourists often look for pastoral destinations to escape city life.
Pro Tip 3/3Romanticized Nature
Can imply an idyllic, sometimes overly positive view of rural life.
The novel presented a pastoral paradise untouched by modern woes.
Pro Tip 1/3Peaceful Imagery
Often suggests tranquility and simplicity associated with countryside.
His paintings captured the pastoral tranquility of rural life.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Urban
Remember, it contrasts with city or industrial settings.
Tourists often look for pastoral destinations to escape city life.
Pro Tip 3/3Romanticized Nature
Can imply an idyllic, sometimes overly positive view of rural life.
The novel presented a pastoral paradise untouched by modern woes.
Pro Tip 1/3Peaceful Imagery
Often suggests tranquility and simplicity associated with countryside.
His paintings captured the pastoral tranquility of rural life.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Urban
Remember, it contrasts with city or industrial settings.
Tourists often look for pastoral destinations to escape city life.
Pro Tip 3/3Romanticized Nature
Can imply an idyllic, sometimes overly positive view of rural life.
The novel presented a pastoral paradise untouched by modern woes.
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Munir Virani: Why I love...
of which six are highly threatened with extinction. The reason is that they're getting poisoned, and the reason that they're getting poisoned is because there's human-wildlife conflicts. The pastoral communities are using this poison to target predators, and in return, the vultures are falling victim to this.
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Wild Tales with...
Mongolia a sort of very pastoral society people living in years I was out on a horse and fat this man told me that I was the first tourist he'd seen in two years and I photographed him and he was embarrassed because of his clothing you know so old but it's this this feeling
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The Call of Everest PIPE...
out in a Gurkha tral pastoral economy and then all of a sudden climbing came in there and with it the twentieth century and now the 21st century and all the trappings and downfalls but also the benefits and all the things that really make life special for that and probably
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The rise and fall of the...
and Turkic pastoral nomads led by Khans. The people herded sheep, cattle, yaks and camels. They lived in felt tents and moved between summer and winter campsites. Nomadic women held significant authority, managing these migrations, many of the flocks and trade.
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Surrounded By Monkeys:...
all you have to do is look to the east and realize oh wait you know I'm standing a few thousand meters above this huge pastoral expanse with cliffs right next to me near a herd of you know hundreds of monkeys life isn't so bad in fact it's really interesting
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Poverty on the Homefront...
pastoral culture so they have to go into cities to find work so many of them are living in these sort of old hotels or you know they can't they don't have a way that they can get back and forth from the reservation one of the Hogan's
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Who decides how long a...
However, when it was first defined, the second was more of a mathematical idea than a useful unit of time. Measuring days and hours was sufficient for most tasks in pastoral communities. It wasn’t until society became interconnected
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Carol Beckwith & Angela...
year we realized that about a hundred thousand pastoral people will lose their ancestral homes and be forced to resettle this Omo River region is not only a world heritage site the birthplace of modern man but also the
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Science didn't...
What is the prognosis? My training in pastoral counseling did not prepare me for this. Dr. Bercovitch tells us everything he knows about PXE. It's a rare genetic disorder, it's systemic,
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Everest Tourism Changed...
of three to four generations they've gone from a very much agrarian pastoral society with with few things that we
Video examples
Munir Virani: Why I love...
of which six are highly threatened with extinction. The reason is that they're getting poisoned, and the reason that they're getting poisoned is because there's human-wildlife conflicts. The pastoral communities are using this poison to target predators, and in return, the vultures are falling victim to this.
Video examples
Wild Tales with...
Mongolia a sort of very pastoral society people living in years I was out on a horse and fat this man told me that I was the first tourist he'd seen in two years and I photographed him and he was embarrassed because of his clothing you know so old but it's this this feeling
Video examples
The Call of Everest PIPE...
out in a Gurkha tral pastoral economy and then all of a sudden climbing came in there and with it the twentieth century and now the 21st century and all the trappings and downfalls but also the benefits and all the things that really make life special for that and probably
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
and Turkic pastoral nomads led by Khans. The people herded sheep, cattle, yaks and camels. They lived in felt tents and moved between summer and winter campsites. Nomadic women held significant authority, managing these migrations, many of the flocks and trade.
Video examples
Surrounded By Monkeys:...
all you have to do is look to the east and realize oh wait you know I'm standing a few thousand meters above this huge pastoral expanse with cliffs right next to me near a herd of you know hundreds of monkeys life isn't so bad in fact it's really interesting
Video examples
Poverty on the Homefront...
pastoral culture so they have to go into cities to find work so many of them are living in these sort of old hotels or you know they can't they don't have a way that they can get back and forth from the reservation one of the Hogan's
Video examples
Who decides how long a...
However, when it was first defined, the second was more of a mathematical idea than a useful unit of time. Measuring days and hours was sufficient for most tasks in pastoral communities. It wasn’t until society became interconnected
Video examples
Carol Beckwith & Angela...
year we realized that about a hundred thousand pastoral people will lose their ancestral homes and be forced to resettle this Omo River region is not only a world heritage site the birthplace of modern man but also the
Video examples
Science didn't...
What is the prognosis? My training in pastoral counseling did not prepare me for this. Dr. Bercovitch tells us everything he knows about PXE. It's a rare genetic disorder, it's systemic,
Video examples
Everest Tourism Changed...
of three to four generations they've gone from a very much agrarian pastoral society with with few things that we
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Quote examples
Richard Rohr
American Clergyman
I cannot illustrate huge differences between male and female spiritualities except in their starting points, style and fascinations along the way. This is significant, however, and has huge pastoral implications: men must be challenged in the world of doing; women must be challenged in the world of relating.
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Anohni
English Musician
We're being challenged to do something so profound, it's unprecedented in the history of our species, and there couldn't be more at stake. It's not even our species at stake; it's the whole dream of life on earth that's taken 4.5 billion years to realize - all this beautiful pastoral life on earth.
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Andrew Sean Greer
American Novelist
I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do but either walk around or read a book or work on your book, and they all seem helpful.
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C. J. Mahaney
American Clergyman
Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
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Biju Menon
Indian Actor
Malayalis tend to be nostalgic about rustic storylines, pastoral themes and ordinary folk who lead a simple way of life.
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Paul Kalanithi
American Writer
Had I been more religious in my youth, I might have become a pastor, for it was the pastoral role I'd sought.
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
Scottish Poet
I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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Kevin DeYoung
American Theologian
My life often feels like a whirling dervish of kids, writing, speaking, and pastoral ministry.
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Paul Keating
Australian Politician
As prime minister, the pastoral lease question was a very vexing and torrid one for me.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.
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Richard Rohr
American Clergyman
I cannot illustrate huge differences between male and female spiritualities except in their starting points, style and fascinations along the way. This is significant, however, and has huge pastoral implications: men must be challenged in the world of doing; women must be challenged in the world of relating.
Quote examples
Anohni
English Musician
We're being challenged to do something so profound, it's unprecedented in the history of our species, and there couldn't be more at stake. It's not even our species at stake; it's the whole dream of life on earth that's taken 4.5 billion years to realize - all this beautiful pastoral life on earth.
Quote examples
Andrew Sean Greer
American Novelist
I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do but either walk around or read a book or work on your book, and they all seem helpful.
Quote examples
C. J. Mahaney
American Clergyman
Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
Quote examples
Biju Menon
Indian Actor
Malayalis tend to be nostalgic about rustic storylines, pastoral themes and ordinary folk who lead a simple way of life.
Quote examples
Paul Kalanithi
American Writer
Had I been more religious in my youth, I might have become a pastor, for it was the pastoral role I'd sought.
Quote examples
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Scottish Poet
I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
Quote examples
Kevin DeYoung
American Theologian
My life often feels like a whirling dervish of kids, writing, speaking, and pastoral ministry.
Quote examples
Paul Keating
Australian Politician
As prime minister, the pastoral lease question was a very vexing and torrid one for me.
Quote examples
John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Opposition is an inevitable reality of pastoral life.
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