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pastorale

pas.to.rale \.pas-t*-'ra:l, -'ral also -'ra:l-e-\ n [It, fr. pastorale of 
   herdsmen, fr. L pastoralis, fr. pastor] 1a: an opera of the 16th or 17th 
   centuries having a pastoral plot  1b: an instrumental or vocal composition 
   having a pastoral theme  2: PASTORAL