Real Dictionary

pastoral
The pastoral duties of a priest or other religious leader involve looking after the people he or she has responsibility for, especially by helping them with their personal problems.

pastoral in American English
a piece of literature dealing, usually in an idealized way, with rural life; formerly, specif., a poem, play, etc. treating the rustic lives and loves of shepherds in a conventionalized, artificial manner
of shepherds or their work, way of life, etc.
adjective: having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas
noun: a poem, play, or the like, dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional or artificial manner, or with simple rural life generally; a bucolic

pastoral in British English
adjective: of, characterized by, or depicting rural life, scenery, etc
noun: a literary work or picture portraying rural life, esp the lives of shepherds in an idealizing way