Pastoral vs Lupercalia - What's the difference?
pastoral | lupercalia |
Of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.
:* He wanders west as far as Memphis, a solitary migrant upon that flat and pastoral landscape. - 1985 , chapter
:* [...] these pastoral farms,/Green to the very door; and wreaths of smoke / Sent up, in silence, from among the trees! - 1798 , lines 16-18.
Relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church.
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. Moore
(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 , to be read in each parish.
An ancient pastoral festival observed in mid-February to avert evil spirits and purify the city.
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As an adjective pastoral
is of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.As a noun pastoral
is a poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.As a proper noun lupercalia is
an ancient pastoral festival observed in mid-february to avert evil spirits and purify the city.pastoral
English
(wikipedia pastoral)Adjective
(en adjective)- pastoral''' duties; a '''pastoral letter