"pastorals" in the noun sense
1. pastorale, pastoral, idyll, idyl
a musical composition that evokes rural life
2. pastoral
a letter from a pastor to the congregation
3. pastoral
a literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
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