pastoral

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pas·tor·al [pastoral pastorals] BrE [ˈpɑːstərəl] NAmE [ˈpæstərəl] adjective
1. relating to the work of a priest or teacher in giving help and advice on personal matters, not just those connected with religion or education
•pastoral care
•the church's pastoral ministry in the inner cities.
2. showing country life or the countryside, especially in a romantic way
•a pastoral scene/poem/symphony
3. relating to the farming of animals
•agricultural and pastoral practices

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin pastoralis ‘relating to a shepherd’, from pastor ‘shepherd’, from past- ‘fed, grazed’, from the verb pascere.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  arcadian, bucolic, pastorale, idyll, idyl