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pastoral

adjective as in peaceful, especially referring to the countryside

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A drizzle of honey, if you’re feeling a little pastoral, adds a golden warmth that powdered sugar alone can’t quite reach.

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"Knowing the work of Harryville Primary School and how inclusive and welcoming, and how their pastoral care system had been supporting and working with families, it just makes me really sad."

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During that period Finegan, who taught and worked at the college, molested him under the guise of providing pastoral care, it was claimed.

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The system stored personal information such as name and home address, school records, health data, safeguarding and pastoral logs and emergency contacts.

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I am not a theologian, nor am I trained in pastoral care or spiritual counseling.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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