1. relating to the countryside or rural life
2. relating to the spiritual care and guidance of a congregation
Usage: religious
3. depicting an idealized version of country life
Usage: literary

1. a work of literature portraying rural life in an idealized way
Usage: literary

Examples

• The painting showed a pastoral scene with sheep grazing in green fields.
• She enjoyed the pastoral beauty of the countryside during her vacation.
• The minister provided pastoral care to families during difficult times.
• His pastoral duties included visiting sick parishioners in the hospital.
• The poet wrote pastoral verses celebrating simple farm life.
• The novel presented a pastoral vision of 18th-century village life.
• Shakespeare’s pastoral comedies often featured characters fleeing to the forest.