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What does it's pastoral mean?
What does it's pastoral mean?
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Pastoral comes from the word pasture, a meadow full of grass, wild flowers etc. Imagine beautiful scenery.
Lots of poets use pastoral images in their poetry. Images of cows grazing, young girls milking, farmers harvesting crops.
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The word "Pastoral" comes from the French "Le Pasteur" :-) So if we say "who is in its pastoral care?" we are asking who is being looked after by the priest. Of course the word is also connected to "La pâture" and "La pâturage". 60% of English is french but don't tell anyone...
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Pastoral comes from the word pasture, a meadow full of grass, wild flowers etc. Imagine beautiful scenery.
Lots of poets use pastoral images in their poetry. Images of cows grazing, young girls milking, farmers harvesting crops.
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Pastoral has lots of very different meanings, so it depends entirely on the context.
What is the context?
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@Ameniby6 Pastoral has two meanings in English.
1) relating to the countryside - like ‘bucolique’ in French
2) relating to someone’s wellbeing. Historically this was receiving help from a priest - called ‘pastoral care’ (soutien au fidèles), but now is often used around mental health, etc.
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