/pas'teuh rahl", -ral", -rah"lee, pah'steuh-/ ; It. /pahs'taw rddah"le/ , n. , pl. pastorales, pastorali /-rah"lee, -ral"ee/ ; It. /-rddah"lee/ . Music.
1. an opera, cantata, or the like, with a pastoral subject.
2. a piece of music suggestive of pastoral life.
[ 1715-25; pastorale PASTORAL ]