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pastoral
noun
1 pastoral
A musical composition that evokes rural life.
synonyms: idyl, idyll, pastorale.
Roget 597:
poetry,
poetics,
poesy,
Muse,
Calliope,
tuneful Nine,
Parnassus,
Helicon†,
Pierides,
Pierian spring.
versification,
rhyming,
making verses;
prosody,
orthometry†.
poem;
epic,
epic poem;
epopee†,
epopoea,
ode,
epode†,
idyl,
lyric,
eclogue,
pastoral,
bucolic,
dithyramb,
anacreontic†,
sonnet,
roundelay,
rondeau [Fr.],
rondo,
madrigal,
canzonet†,
cento†,
monody [Slang],
elegy;
amoebaeum,
ghazal†,
palinode.
dramatic poetry,
lyric poetry;
opera;
posy,
anthology;
disjecta membra poetae song [Lat.],
ballad,
lay;
love song,
drinking song,
war song,
sea song;
lullaby;
music
etc.
415;
nursery rhymes.
[Bad poetry]
doggerel,
Hudibrastic verse†,
prose run mad;
macaronics†;
macaronic verse†,
leonine verse;
runes.
canto,
stanza,
distich,
verse,
line,
couplet,
triplet,
quatrain;
strophe,
antistrophe†.
verse,
rhyme,
assonance,
crambo†,
meter,
measure,
foot,
numbers,
strain,
rhythm;
accentuation
etc.
(voice)
580;
dactyl,
spondee,
trochee,
anapest
&c.;
hexameter,
pentameter;
Alexandrine;
anacrusis†,
antispast†,
blank verse,
ictus.
elegiacs
etc.
adj.;
elegiac verse,
elegaic meter,
elegaic poetry.
poet,
poet laureate;
laureate;
bard,
lyrist†,
scald,
skald†,
troubadour,
trouvere [Fr.];
minstrel;
minnesinger,
meistersinger [G.];
improvisatore†;
versifier,
sonneteer;
rhymer,
rhymist†,
rhymester;
ballad monger,
runer†;
poetaster;
genus irritabile vatum [Lat.].
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Roget 415:
music;
concert;
strain,
tune,
air;
melody
etc.
413;
aria,
arietta†;
piece of music [Fr.],
work,
number,
opus;
sonata;
rondo,
rondeau [Fr.];
pastorale,
cavatina†,
roulade†,
fantasia,
concerto,
overture,
symphony,
variations,
cadenza;
cadence;
fugue,
canon,
quodlibet,
serenade,
notturno [It],
dithyramb;
opera,
operetta;
oratorio;
composition,
movement;
stave;
passamezzo [It],
toccata,
Vorspiel [G.].
instrumental music;
full score;
minstrelsy,
tweedledum and tweedledee,
band,
orchestra;
concerted piece [Fr.],
potpourri,
capriccio.
vocal music,
vocalism†;
chaunt,
chant;
psalm,
psalmody;
hymn;
song
etc.
(poem)
597;
canticle,
canzonet†,
cantata,
bravura,
lay,
ballad,
ditty,
carol,
pastoral,
recitative,
recitativo†,
solfeggio†.
Lydian measures;
slow music,
slow movement;
adagio
etc.
adv.;
minuet;
siren strains,
soft music,
lullaby;
dump;
dirge
etc.
(lament)
839;
pibroch†;
martial music,
march;
dance music;
waltz
etc.
(dance)
840.
solo,
duet,
duo,
trio;
quartet,
quartett†;
septett†;
part song,
descant,
glee,
madrigal,
catch,
round,
chorus,
chorale;
antiphon†,
antiphony;
accompaniment,
second,
bass;
score;
bourdon†,
drone,
morceau†,
terzetto†.
composer
etc.
413;
musician
etc.
416.
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Roget 998:
rite;
ceremony,
ritual,
liturgy,
ceremonial;
ordinance,
observance,
function,
duty;
form,
formulary;
solemnity,
sacrament;
incantation
etc.
(spell)
993;
service,
psalmody
etc.
(worship)
990.
ministration;
preaching,
preachment;
predication,
sermon,
homily,
lecture,
discourse,
pastoral.
[Christian ritual for induction into the faith]
baptism,
christening,
chrism;
circumcision;
baptismal regeneration;
font.
confirmation;
imposition of hands,
laying on of hands;
ordination
etc.
(churchdom)
995;
excommunication.
[Jewish rituals]
Bar Mitzvah,
Bas Mitzvah [Fr.],
Bris.
Eucharist,
Lord's supper,
communion;
the sacrament,
the holy sacrament;
celebration,
high celebration;
missa cantata [Lat.];
asperges†;
offertory;
introit;
consecration;
consubstantiation,
transubstantiation;
real presence;
elements;
mass;
high mass,
low mass,
dry mass.
matrimony
etc.
903;
burial
etc.
363;
visitation of the sick.
seven sacraments,
impanation†,
subpanation†,
extreme unction,
viaticum,
invocation of saints,
canonization,
transfiguration,
auricular confession;
maceration,
flagellation,
sackcloth and ashes;
penance
etc.
(atonement)
952;
telling of beads,
processional;
thurification†,
incense,
holy water,
aspersion.
relics,
rosary,
beads,
reliquary,
host,
cross,
rood,
crucifix,
pax [Lat.],
pyx,
agnus Dei [Lat.],
censer,
thurible,
patera†;
eileton†,
Holy Grail;
prayer machine,
prayer wheel;
Sangraal†,
urceus†.
ritualism,
ceremonialism;
sabbatism†,
sabbatarianism†;
ritualist,
sabbatarian†.
holyday,
feast,
fast.
[Christian holy days]
Sabbath,
Pentecost;
Advent,
Christmas,
Epiphany;
Lent;
Passion week,
Holy week;
Easter,
Easter Sunday,
Whitsuntide;
agape,
Ascension Day,
Candlemas†,
Ash Wednesday,
Good Friday,
Holy Thursday;
Lammas,
Martinmas,
Michaelmas;
All SAint's DAy,
All Souls' Day.
[Moslem holy days]
Ramadan,
Ramazan;
Bairam
&c..
etc.
[Jewish holy days]
Passover;
Shabuoth;
Yom Kippur,
Day of Atonement;
Rosh Hashana,
New Year;
Hanukkah,
Chanukkah,
Feast of Lights;
Purim,
Feast of lots.
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Dutch: pastorale
2 pastoral
A letter from a pastor to the congregation.
Dutch: zendbrief
Polish: list pasterski
3 pastoral
A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds).
adjective
1 pastoral
Of or relating to a pastor.
Roget 995:
ecclesiastical,
ecclesiological†;
clerical,
sacerdotal,
priestly,
prelatical,
pastoral,
ministerial,
capitular†,
theocratic;
hierarchical,
archiepiscopal;
episcopal,
episcopalian;
canonical;
monastic,
monachal†;
monkish;
abbatial†,
abbatical†;
Anglican†;
pontifical,
papal,
apostolic,
Roman,
Popish;
ultramontane,
priest-ridden.
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Polish: pastorski
2 pastoral
3 pastoral
used with regard to idealized country life Idyllically rustic:
— Charming in its pastoral setting.
synonyms: arcadian, bucolic.
Polish: arkadyjski
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