Hyphenation of pastoral

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word pastoral? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

pas-toral

Definitions of pastoral:

1.	A musical composition that evokes rural life
2.	A letter from a pastor to the congregation
3.	A literary work idealizing the rural life (especially the life of shepherds)
4.	Of or relating to a pastor Pastoral work A pastoral letter
5.	Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle Pastoral seminomadic people Pastoral land A pastoral economy
6.	(used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic A country life of arcadian contentment A pleasant bucolic scene Charming in its pastoral setting Rustic tranquility

Synonyms of pastoral:

adj	clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
adj	bucolic, herder, herdsman, drover
adj	arcadian, bucolic, rustic, rural
adj	idyllic, pleasant
noun	pastorale, idyll, musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
noun	letter, missive
noun	literary composition, literary work

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.