pastoral

pastoral

Qui concerne le soutien et l’accompagnement apportés par un responsable religieux aux membres de sa communauté.

En anglais simple : Related to a religious leader’s care and support for members of their community.

• The priest provides pastoral care.
• Her pastoral duties include visiting sick members.
• The bishop discussed pastoral support for grieving families.

Synonymes : cleric, clerical, black-collar, cleric

Expressions courantes : pastoral care, pastoral duties, pastoral visits

bucolique, pastoral

Qui représente une vie paisible à la campagne, surtout dans la littérature ou les arts.

En anglais simple : Showing peaceful country life, especially in writing or art.

• The painting shows a pastoral scene.
• She writes pastoral poetry about village life.
• Green fields give the valley a pastoral charm.

Synonymes : bucolic, rural

Expressions courantes : pastoral scene, pastoral poetry, pastoral landscape

pastoral

Qui concerne les personnes élevant et déplaçant des troupeaux de moutons, de bovins ou autres animaux de ferme.

En anglais simple : Related to people who keep and move groups of sheep, cattle, or other farm animals.

• The region depends on pastoral farming.
• Pastoral communities move their animals to fresh grass.
• Drought threatens the traditional pastoral economy.

Synonymes : shepherdish, shepherdly

Expressions courantes : pastoral farming, pastoral communities, pastoral economy

lettre pastorale

Lettre adressée par un responsable religieux aux personnes dont il a la charge.

En anglais simple : A letter from a religious leader to the people in their care.

• The bishop issued a pastoral.
• His pastoral asked the diocese to support local families.
• The priest read the pastoral to the congregation.

Synonymes : pastoral letter

Expressions courantes : issue a pastoral, a bishop’s pastoral, read a pastoral

poème pastoral, églogue

Poème évoquant une vie paisible à la campagne, souvent en faisant parler des bergers.

En anglais simple : A poem about peaceful country life, often with people who look after sheep as its speakers.

• She wrote a short pastoral.
• The pastoral describes shepherds resting beside a stream.
• We studied several pastorals in our poetry class.

Synonymes : eclogue, idyll

Expressions courantes : write a pastoral, a short pastoral, a classical pastoral

pastorale

Morceau de musique évoquant une vie paisible à la campagne par des sons doux et simples.

En anglais simple : A piece of music suggesting peaceful country life through gentle, simple sounds.

• The orchestra played a pastoral.
• He composed a gentle pastoral for flute.
• The concert ended with a pastoral suggesting a quiet summer evening.

Synonymes : pastorale

Expressions courantes : a gentle pastoral, compose a pastoral, perform a pastoral

lettre pastorale collective

Lettre rédigée par les évêques d’une Église pour être lue dans toutes ses églises locales.

En anglais simple : A letter from a church’s group of bishops, intended to be read in every local church.

• The bishops issued a pastoral.
• The pastoral was read in every parish on Sunday.
• Their joint pastoral called on congregations to help refugees.

Expressions courantes : a joint pastoral, read the pastoral, issue a pastoral