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Meaning of "unpastoral" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNPASTORAL

unpastoral  [ʌnˈpɑːstərəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNPASTORAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unpastoral is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNPASTORAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unpastoral in the English dictionary

The first definition of unpastoral in the dictionary is not used or suitable for pasture. Other definition of unpastoral is not characteristic of or depicting rural life. Unpastoral is also not characteristic of or befitting a clergyman.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNPASTORAL


bilateral
baɪˈlætərəl
clitoral
ˈklɪtərəl
collateral
kɒˈlætərəl
contralateral
ˌkɒntrəˈlætərəl
doctoral
ˈdɒktərəl
dorsolateral
ˌdɔːsəʊˈlætərəl
electoral
ɪˈlɛktərəl
enteral
ˈentərəl
lateral
ˈlætərəl
literal
ˈlɪtərəl
littoral
ˈlɪtərəl
multilateral
ˌmʌltɪˈlætərəl
parenteral
pæˈrɛntərəl
pastoral
ˈpɑːstərəl
pectoral
ˈpɛktərəl
postdoctoral
pəʊstˈdɒktərəl
predoctoral
priːˈdɒktərəl
rectoral
ˈrɛktərəl
sectoral
ˈsektərəl
unilateral
ˌjuːnɪˈlætərəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNPASTORAL

unparliamentarily
unparliamentariness
unparliamentary
unparted
unpassable
unpassableness
unpassionate
unpassioned
unpasteurised
unpasteurized
unpastured
unpatched
unpatentable
unpatented
unpathed
unpathetic
unpathwayed
unpatriotic
unpatriotically
unpatronised

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNPASTORAL

amoral
Balmoral
choral
circumlittoral
coral
corporal
femoral
floral
immoral
inspectoral
mayoral
midlittoral
moral
oral
postoral
preceptoral
protectoral
restoral
sublittoral
temporal

Synonyms and antonyms of unpastoral in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unpastoral» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNPASTORAL

Find out the translation of unpastoral to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unpastoral from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unpastoral» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unpastoral
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unpastoral
570 millions of speakers

English

unpastoral
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unpastoral
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

unpastoral
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unpastoral
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unpastoral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unpastoral
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unpastoral
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak menentu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unpastoral
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unpastoral
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unpastoral
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unpastoral
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

unpastoral
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unpastoral
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनपैतिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unpastoral
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unpastoral
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unpastoral
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unpastoral
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unpastoral
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

unpastoral
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

unpastoral
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

unpastoral
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

unpastoral
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unpastoral

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNPASTORAL»

The term «unpastoral» is used very little and occupies the 159.572 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNPASTORAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unpastoral

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNPASTORAL»

Discover the use of unpastoral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unpastoral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Song Exchange in Roman Pastoral
The present eclogue seems to operate not only on the dichotomy 'pastoral vs. unpastoral' but rather on the more general 'generic distinction' between the genus tenue and the genus grande, and, hence, it is on this basic 'generic ...
Evangelos Karakasis, 2011
2
Religion and Culture in Germany: (1400 - 1800)
However, he was not so fortunate in his second major dispute at Rinkleben, for too much evidence had accumulated of unpastoral behaviour. Perhaps the most damning was that adduced by the investigating district superintendent and official  ...
Robert William Scribner, Lyndal Roper, 2001
3
The Flight of the Eagle
They were mostly ecclesiastical scapegraces, these Irish bishops of the Reformation, half courtiers, half chieftains, and very unpastoral ; perhaps no worse or no better than any other men in that strange century of transition, only very ...
Standish O'Grady, 1908
4
Divine Domesticity: Augustine of Thagaste to Teresa of Avila
1:28-30), Augustine herded animals to the center of his unpastoral criticism. He compared himself as itchy with lust to a cattle infested with scabies.97 That was a very contagious disease of cattle and sheep due to an acarine parasite, although  ...
Marjorie OʹRourke Boyle, 1997
5
A letter on submitting to the Catholic Church, addressed to ...
Lerins again " It cannot be conceived how a document more out of date, more crude, more unsympathetic, more unpastoral, than the present Encyclical [Leo XIII's Providentissimus Deus, 1893, on the Study of Holy Scripture] could have been ...
Frederick Oakeley, 1905
6
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Guide for Family, Friends, ...
WEEDING OUT UNPASTORAL CARING At this point, we can begin to see what is questionable in religious practices. The first criterion of a healer is knowledge ofwhat not to do. The next chapter explores what to do, but for now it is important  ...
Robert Collie, 2014
7
Red Hugh's Captivity: A Picture of Ireland, Social and ...
The mac-an-aspick* O'Briens were left slenderly provided for by their jolly sire. They were a nice lot of ecclesiastical scapegraces, these Irish bishops of the Reformation, half courtiers, half chieftains, and very unpastoral ; perhaps no worse or ...
Standish O'Grady, 1889
8
What Is Pastoral?
But as Irving Howe suggests, the episode acquires a thoroughly unpastoral urgency: time grows short, the feelings and recognitions prompted by Dante become almost insupportable, and Levi increasingly feels distress, even anguish, at his ...
Paul Alpers, 1997
9
The Invisible War: The Panorama of the Continuing Conflict ...
What is the most unpastoral characteristic a pastor can have? To want to be fed, that is, to be a mouth. So the combination of the most unbishoplike, unpastoral characteristics would make a man a "blind mouth." And as Milton goes on to say,  ...
Donald Grey Barnhouse, 1980
10
The World
I now waked indeed with somewhat more satisfaction, at first thinking, by this unpastoral dialogue, that I was once more returned safe to London ; but I soon found my mistake, and understood that these were some innocent apd honest ...
Adam Fitz-Adam, 1757

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNPASTORAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unpastoral is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dear Bishop Tobin: Ranting Right Back Atcha!
But this is a destructive and unpastoral piece of writing. It's really difficult to square calling the sheep “hirsute flabmeisters” with a bishop's charge to shepherd ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
2
For those who revered him, DC rabbi's sentencing for voyeurism will …
People should have questioned the unpastoral pastor, he said. There were “suspicions that should have been raised. But the self-reinforcing loops of elite power ... «Washington Post, May 15»
3
Bad Pastors Cheat the Faithful of Sacraments and Wonder
Egregious and completely unpastoral. Forgive me, but can we finally pull ourselves completely away from 1974, stop trying to be so groovy, man, and so, like, ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
4
American Protestantism and the Seal of Confession
If the latter allegation is true, as Dr. Ulrich Lehner noted in his recent article at First Things, this action is despicable and unpastoral, but Fr. Bayhi must be judged ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
5
Why Louisiana Can't Break the Confessional's Seal
If Fr. Bayhi indeed did this, he will have to take responsibility for this despicable and unpastoral act at a higher, heavenly court—but he cannot be expected to ... «First Things, Feb 15»
6
If Francis is Playing Chess with the Church, Who is the other King?
This frees Australian Catholics of a notoriously unpastoral bishop and puts him to work on ledgers and finance, where he has talent but will not deal with people. «Pewsitter, Nov 14»
7
Doctrine and Pastoral Practice Together Win Souls
It sees Church teachings and canon law as standing outside or, at worst, antithetical to living the compassion of Christ and as such, seeks to reject as unpastoral ... «National Catholic Register, Oct 14»
8
Eaton pastor protests tree cutting
As Pastor Penelope Brown rocked on her ftont porch glider Monday morning, an Asplundh Tree Expert Co. truck drove past, "calling forth in me a very unpastoral ... «Muncie Star Press, Jun 14»
9
It's really OK to admit that the Church has gotten better…UPDATES
Such a willingness to ignore all that good news — and a seeming call to purge rather than re-think our propagation — seems unpastoral, to me. It doesn't give ... «Patheos, Aug 13»
10
10 Quotes That Prove The Pope Is A Liberal
... for his statements on women and homosexuality and a host of other hot button issues and contrasting him with his doctrinaire and unpastoral predecessor. «National Catholic Register, Aug 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Unpastoral [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/unpastoral>. Apr 2024 ».
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