Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pastoral | Yes | Yes | No | No |
shepherd | Yes | No | Yes | No |
pastoral (noun) | shepherd (noun) |
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a musical composition that evokes rural life | a herder of sheep (on an open range); someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock |
a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds) | a clergyman who watches over a group of people |
a letter from a pastor to the congregation |
pastoral (adjective) | shepherd (adjective) |
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of or relating to a pastor | |
relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle | |
(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic |
pastoral (verb) | shepherd (verb) |
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tend as a shepherd, as of sheep or goats | |
watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils |