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Pastorale :: Pastorale (n.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time..

Bergeret :: Bergeret (n.) A pastoral song.

Arcadic :: Arcadic (a.) Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery..

Idyl :: Idyl (n.) 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 eleveted and highly finished style; also, by extension, any artless and easily flowing description, either in poetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (a.) Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life..

Shepherdism :: Shepherdism (n.) Pastoral life or occupation.

Whitsun :: Whitsun (a.) Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals..

Crosier :: Crosier (n.) The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God..

Shepherdish :: Shepherdish (n.) Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral.

Bucolic :: Bucolic (n.) A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil..

Siciliano :: Siciliano (n.) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.

Settle :: Settle (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese; also (Prot. Epis. Ch.), a letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish..

Yakoots :: Yakoots (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A nomadic Mongolian tribe native of Northern Siberia, and supposed to be of Turkish stock. They are mainly pastoral in their habits..

Amaryllis :: Amaryllis (n.) A pastoral sweetheart.

Heritage :: Heritage (a.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge..

Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

Crook :: Crook (n.) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

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