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Pastoral vs Nuer - What's the difference?

pastoral | nuer |

As nouns the difference between pastoral and nuer

is that 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 while nuer is any member of a pastoral confederation of tribes located in southern sudan and western ethiopia, forming one of the largest ethnic groups of east africa.

As an adjective pastoral

is of or pertaining to shepherds; hence, relating to rural life and scenes; as, a pastoral life.

pastoral

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.
  • pastoral''' duties; a '''pastoral letter

    Derived terms

    * pastoral staff (Eccl .), a staff, usually of the form of a shepherd's crook, borne as an official emblem by a bishop, abbot, abbess, or other prelate privileged to carry it. See crook, and crosier. * pastoral theology, that part of theology which treats of the duties of pastors. * pastoralism * pastoralist

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
  • nuer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l),

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any member of a pastoral confederation of tribes located in southern Sudan and western Ethiopia, forming one of the largest ethnic groups of East Africa.
  • Anagrams

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