different between pastoral vs libral
pastoral
English
Etymology
From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pastoralis, from p?stor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -alis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pæs.t?.??l/
- enPR: p?s"t?r-al, IPA(key): /?pæs?t????l/
- Rhymes: -????l
Adjective
pastoral (comparative more pastoral, superlative most pastoral)
- Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock
- Relating to rural life and scenes
- We were living a pastoral life.
- He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. - 1985 McCarthy, Blood Meridian, chapter
- [...] these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey, lines 16-18.
- Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.
- pastoral duties; a pastoral letter
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
pastoral (plural pastorals)
- A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
- (music) 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.
- (religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
- (religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.
Translations
Anagrams
- Laportas, al pastor, postalar, proatlas
Catalan
Adjective
pastoral (masculine and feminine plural pastorals)
- pastoral
French
Etymology
From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pastoralis, from p?stor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -alis.
Adjective
pastoral (feminine singular pastorale, masculine plural pastoraux, feminine plural pastorales)
- pastoral
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pasto??a?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
pastoral (not comparable)
- pastoral
Declension
Portuguese
Adjective
pastoral m or f (plural pastorais, comparable)
- Alternative form of pastoril
- pastoral (relating to the pastor of a church)
Noun
pastoral f (plural pastorais)
- (Roman Catholicism) a letter written by a bishop or the pope explaining a doctrine
Romanian
Etymology
From French pastoral, from Latin pastorale.
Adjective
pastoral m or n (feminine singular pastoral?, masculine plural pastorali, feminine and neuter plural pastorale)
- pastoral
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
pastoral (plural pastorales)
- pastoral
Noun
pastoral f (plural pastorales)
- pastoral
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libral
English
Etymology
From Latin libralis, from libra (“the Roman pound”).
Adjective
libral (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of a pound in weight.
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