Word of the day…
pastoral
(adjective, noun)
[PAS-tahr-ahl, pa-STOR-ahl]
adjective
1. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; ‘pastoral land’: “A livestock virus could devastate our pastoral economy.”
2. relating to the country or to rural life; rural; ‘pastoral living’
3. relating to or being a literary or other artistic work that evokes rural life, especially idealized rural life
4. of or relating to a pastor; ‘pastoral work’; ‘a pastoral letter’
noun
5. a literary or other artistic work that evokes rural life, especially idealized rural life
6. (as in music) a musical composition that evokes rural life (also: pastorale)
Posted on Wednesday January 21st