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pastoral

[pas-ter-uhl, pah-ster-] / ˈpæs tər əl, ˈpɑ stər- /


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As in “The Country of the Pointed Firs,” the novel is about the arrival of a worldly interloper to a remote, pastoral community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It will begin with Dame Sarah knocking three times on the West Door of the cathedral with her pastoral staff after which she will be welcomed by local schoolchildren.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

While it will be the Pope's first pastoral visit to Africa since assuming the leadership of the Catholic Church, he is no stranger to the continent.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Produced by Sarah Strunin, the documentary begins with a pastoral scene from Mojica’s pickup truck as they overlook the grasslands of Michoacán.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

There Molly came face-to-face with the difference in lifestyles between the cosmopolitan Blumers of New Haven and the Lawrences of pastoral Canton.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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