Word Meanings - PASTORAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter. Pastoral staff , a staff, usually of the form

Additional info about word: PASTORAL

1. Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life. 2. Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church; as, pastoral duties; a pastoral letter. Pastoral staff , a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See Crook, and Crosier. -- Pastoral Theology, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PASTORAL)

• Nomad
• Pastoral
• vagrant
• Arab
• Scythian
• roving
• migratory
• Rural
• Countrified
• rustic
• agricultural
• bucolic
• verdant
• sylvan
• grassy
• arcadian
• pastoral
• Rustic
• nomadic
• rude
• awkward
• unpolished
• clownish
• clumsy
• rough
• coarse
• plain
• unsophisticated
• simple
• artless
• primitive

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  The first coat of plaster laid on brick; also, the process of applying it.
• ROUGHT
  imp. of Reach.
• ROUGHHEWN
  1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
• RURALITY
  1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. "Leafy ruralities." Carlyle.
• ROUGHLEG
  Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
• ROVINGLY
  In a wandering manner.
• ROUGHINGS
  Rowen.
• NOMADE
  See N
• PRIMITIVENESS
  The quality or state of being primitive; conformity to primitive style or practice.
• ROUGHSHOD
  Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
• AWKWARD SQUAD
  A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill.
• PLAINTIVE
  1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. "The most plaintive ditty." Landor. -- Plain"tive*ly, adv. -- Plain"tive*ness, n.
• COARSE
  was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts
• RUSTICAL
  Rustic. "Rustical society." Thackeray. -- Rus"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Rus"tic*al*ness, n.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• VAGRANTNESS
  State of being vagrant; vagrancy.
• RUSTICATE
  To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize. Pope.
• ARCADIAN; ARCADIC
  Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.
• PLAINTIFF
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• PROVENTRIULUS
  The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
• PROVERBIAL
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• CONTROVERSER
  A disputant.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• CORROVAL
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• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• PROVINCIALLY
  In a provincial manner.
• EQUICRURAL
  Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. "Equicrural triangles." Sir T. Browne.
• CONTROVERSAL
  1. Turning or looking opposite ways. The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton. 2. Controversal. Boyle.
• APPROVING
  Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.
• IMPROVISATRICE
  See IMPROVVISATRICE
• DISAPPROVE
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• PROVINE
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