n. a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)

n. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life

n. a letter from a pastor to the congregation

n. a musical composition that evokes rural life

adj. suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"

adj. (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"

adj. of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"

adj. relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"

adj. conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner"

adj. (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial

adj. affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read"

adj. affording comfort or pleasure; "the grateful warmth of the fire"

adj. relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural) society"; "farming communities"

adj. located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners"