pastorale
noun
pas·to·rale ˌpa-stə-ˈräl 
-ˈral
-ˈral also -ˈrä-lē
1
a
: an instrumental or vocal composition having a pastoral theme
b
: an opera of the 16th or 17th centuries having a pastoral plot
2
: pastoral sense 1a
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Including 55 serious operas, 6 cantatas, 53 comic operas, 17 operettas, 6 sing-spiele, 4 ballets, 4 vaudevilles, 2 oratorios, one each of fares, pastorales, masques, ballads and buffas. 
William Robin, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
William Robin, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Italian, from pastorale of herdsmen, from Latin pastoralis
First Known Use
1614, in the meaning defined at sense 1b
pastorale
noun
as in pastoral
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- pastoral
- madrigal
- eclogue
- elegy
- georgic
- psalm
- idyll
- epopee
- ode
- dithyramb
- triolet
- epigram
- poem
- sonnet
- rondeau
- idyl
- villanelle
- lyric
- epode
- epic
- rondelet
- rondel
- limerick
- epos
- clerihew
- ballad
- rime
- anacreontic
- jingle
- lament
- rondelle
- rhyme
- song
- rune
- English sonnet
- poetry
- haiku
- lay
- minstrelsy
- poesy
- tanka
- senryu
- free verse
- versification
- blank verse
- vers libre
- dummy stock
- dummy up
- dummy variable
- dummy whist
- dummying
- dummying up
- dummyism
- dumont's blue
- dumontite
- dumortierite
- dumortierites
- Dumouriez
- dump
- dump body
- dump car
- dump hook
- dump in someone's lap
- dump into someone's lap
- dump on
- dump on someone's lap
- dump power
- dump rake
- dump shot
- dump something in someone's lap
- dump something into someone's lap