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Learn to pronounce pas·to·ral

/ˈpastər(ə)l,pasˈtôr(ə)l/
adjective
  1. (especially of land or a farm) used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle.
    "scattered pastoral farms"
  2. (in the Christian Church) concerning or appropriate to the giving of spiritual guidance.
    "pastoral and doctrinal issues"
    synonyms: priestly, clerical, ecclesiastical, ministerial, hieratic, sacerdotal, vicarial, parsonical, rectorial, churchly, prelatic, apostolic

noun
a work of literature portraying an idealized version of country life.
"the story, though a pastoral, has an actual connection with the life of agricultural labor"

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