pastoral (
http://definr.com/pastoral)
adj 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" [syn:
bucolic]
3: used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian
contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its
pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" [syn:
arcadian,
bucolic,
rustic]
4: suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his
idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of
America's Golden Age" [syn:
idyllic]
n 1: a musical composition that evokes rural life [syn:
pastorale,
idyll]
2: a letter from a pastor to the congregation
3: a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the
life of shepherds)