Adjective
1. of or relating to a pastor;
"pastoral work""a pastoral letter"2. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle;
"pastoral seminomadic people""pastoral land""a pastoral economy"3. used of idealized country life;
"a country life of arcadian contentment""a pleasant bucolic scene""charming in its pastoral setting""rustic tranquility"4. suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene;
"his idyllic life in Tahiti""the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age"