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  2. Pastoral society - Wikipedia

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    A pastoral society is a social group of pastoralists, whose way of life is based on pastoralism, and is typically nomadic. Daily life is centered upon the tending of herds or flocks. Daily life is centered upon the tending of herds or flocks.

  3. Pastoralism - Wikipedia

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    A catt of the Bakhtiari people, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran Global map of pastoralism, its origins and historical development [1]. Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. [2]

  4. Pastoral care - Wikipedia

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    Pastoral care refers to the emotional, physical and spiritual duties and support that a pastor supplies to their community. [1] [2] Mike Minter, a seasoned pastor who spent time offering pastoral care in the Amazon, later reflected on his ministerial experience in a pastoral community with the quote, "Preaching is actually a smaller piece of the pie than one might expect.

  5. Pastoral - Wikipedia

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    Pastoral is a mode of literature in which the author employs various techniques to place the complex life into a simple one. Paul Alpers distinguishes pastoral as a mode rather than a genre, and he bases this distinction on the recurring attitude of power; that is to say that pastoral literature holds a humble perspective toward nature.

  6. Parish (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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    He exercises the pastoral care of the community entrusted to him under the authority of the diocesan bishop, whose ministry of Christ he is called to share, so that for this community he may carry out the offices of teaching, sanctifying and ruling with the cooperation of other priests or deacons and with the assistance of lay members of Christ ...

  7. Pachhada - Wikipedia

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    The Pachhada were a nomadic and pastoral community. With the establishment of British rule in the early 19th century, the authorities took measures to settle the Pachhada, along with other pastoral groups in the region, as part of efforts to control nomadism. The Pachhada were involved in the resistance during the 1857 Indian War of ...

  8. Pastoral council - Wikipedia

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    A pastoral council is a consultative body in dioceses and parishes of the Catholic Church that serves to advise the parish priest or bishop about pastoral issues. The council's main purpose is to investigate, reflect and reach conclusions about pastoral matters to recommend to the parish priest or bishop as appropriate.

  9. Fula people - Wikipedia

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    A significant proportion of the Fula–a third, or an estimated 7 to 10 million [26] –are pastoralists, and their ethnic group has the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world. [27] [28] The majority of the Fula ethnic group consisted of semi-sedentary people, [28] as well as sedentary settled farmers, scholars, artisans, merchants ...