pastoralize

pastoralize
/pas"teuhr euh luyz', pah"steuhr-/, v.t., pastoralized, pastoralizing.
1. to make pastoral or rural.
2. to celebrate in a pastoral or set in a pastoral form.
Also, esp. Brit., pastoralise.
[1815-25; PASTORAL + -IZE]

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