different between pastorale vs pastorage

English

Etymology

From French, from Middle French pastorale; or from Italian pastorale, hence the plural pastorali.

Noun

pastorale (plural pastorales or pastorali)

1. A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
2. An artwork that is suggestive of pastoral themes.

   She was in the country, painting her first pastorale.

3. One of the figures of a quadrille.

Anagrams

• parosteal, saropatel

French

Adjective

pastorale

1. feminine singular of pastoral

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l?

Adjective

pastorale

1. inflection of pastoral:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

pastorale (plural pastorali)

1. pastoral
2. bucolic
3. rural

Noun

pastorale f (plural pastorali)

1. pastoral (letter)
2. (music) pastorale

pastorale m (plural pastorali)

1. crook, crosier

Related terms

• vincastro

Anagrams

• esplorata, estrapola, spalatore

Latin

Adjective

p?st?r?le

1. nominative neuter singular of p?st?r?lis
2. accusative neuter singular of p?st?r?lis
3. vocative neuter singular of p?st?r?lis

References

• pastorale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

English

Etymology

pastor +? -age

Noun

pastorage (countable and uncountable, plural pastorages)

1. Home or offices of a pastor; comparable to a rectory

   "The pastorage is in front of you," he says, "but the clergyman is not at home, there is no one at the pastorage."
   (from The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf, Little, Brown and company, 1910, As Retrieved 2009-09-16

2. The role or responsibilities of a pastor.

   The old pastor found his pastorage wearying, and longed to retire.

3. The period of service of a particular pastor to his congregation; his term of office.

   His pastorage had been marked by several changes in church policy with regards to community outreach.

4. An organization or body consisting of multiple pastors.

   At the denomination's annual conference, the pastorage had passed a bylaw prohibiting members from performing online marriage ceremonies.