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Meaning of pastorela | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A traditional Mexican theater performance that chronicles the journeys of shepherds and shepherdesses on the way to visit the newborn Jesus, typically performed during Advent.
  2. A type of Occitan lyric poetry in which a knight meets a shepherdess.
    historical
  3. A work of such poetry.
    historical

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pastoress pastorhood Pastoria Pastoria East pastorium Pastorius

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