Pastoral: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, r…

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Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rustic; as, r…

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Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

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A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern…

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A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an…

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The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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One who lets or permits; one who lets anything for hire.

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Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent; as, a letter missive.

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A work; specif. (Mus.), a musical composition.

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A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.

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A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.

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A shepherd; one who has the care of flocks and herds.

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A man employed in tending, feeding, and guarding sheep, esp. a flock grazing at large.

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Alt. of Arcadic

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Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

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A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls of Theocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptive poem, written in an…

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A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time.

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