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adj
Of or relating to a style of pastoral vision with religious overtones of the Good Shepherd, as opposed to the Arcadian pastoral vision of innocent rural bliss.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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History
From Mantuan + -esque, in reference to Baptista Mantuanus.
