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pastoral

 
Adjective pastoral has 4 senses
  1. pastoral - of or relating to a pastor; "pastoral work"; "a pastoral letter"
  2. bucolic, pastoral - relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle; "pastoral seminomadic people"; "pastoral land"; "a pastoral economy"
  3. arcadian, bucolic, pastoral, rustic - used of idealized country life; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility"
    Antonym: urban (indirect, via rural)
  4. idyllic, pastoral - suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene; "his idyllic life in Tahiti"; "the pastoral legends of America's Golden Age"
    Antonym: unpleasant (indirect, via pleasant)
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