Bucolic vs. Pastoral

Bucolicadjective

Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

Bucolicadjective

Relating to the pleasant aspects of rustic country life.

Bucolicadjective

Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.

Bucolicnoun

A pastoral poem.

Bucolicnoun

A rustic, peasant.

Bucolicadjective

Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

Bucolicnoun

A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil.

Bucolicnoun

a country person

Bucolicnoun

a short descriptive poem of rural or pastoral life

Bucolicadjective

used of idealized country life;

Bucolicadjective

relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle;

Pastoraladjective

Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock

Pastoraladjective

Relating to rural life and scenes

Pastoraladjective

Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.

Pastoralnoun

A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.

Pastoralnoun

(music) 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.

Pastoralnoun

A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.

Pastoralnoun

A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

Pastoraladjective

Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

Pastoraladjective

Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter.

Pastoralnoun

A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

Pastoralnoun

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.

Pastoralnoun

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.

Pastoralnoun

a musical composition that evokes rural life

Pastoralnoun

a letter from a pastor to the congregation

Pastoralnoun

a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

Pastoraladjective

of or relating to a pastor;

Pastoraladjective

relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle;

Pastoraladjective

used of idealized country life;

Pastoraladjective

suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene;

Pastoraladjective

(of land) used for the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle

Pastoraladjective

associated with country life

Pastoraladjective

(of a work of art) portraying or evoking country life, typically in a romanticized or idealized form.

Pastoraladjective

(in the Christian Church) concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance

Pastoraladjective

relating to or denoting a teacher's responsibility for the general well-being of pupils or students

Pastoralnoun

a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life

Pastoral

A pastoral lifestyle is that of shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasture. It lends its name to a genre of literature, art, and music that depicts such life in an idealized manner, typically for urban audiences.