Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pastoral

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of, relating to, or associated with shepherds or flocks and herds. 2 (of land) used for pasture. 3 (of a poem, picture, etc.) portraying country life, usu. in a romantic or idealized form. 4 of or appropriate to a pastor. --n. 1 a pastoral poem, play, picture, etc. 2 a letter from a pastor (esp. a bishop) to the clergy or people. Phrases and idioms pastoral staff a bishop's crosier. pastoral theology that considering religious truth in relation to spiritual needs. Derivatives pastoralism n. pastorality n. pastorally adv. Etymology: ME f. L pastoralis (as PASTOR)