pastorela

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Definition of pastorela

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noun

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.

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noun

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.
(historical)A type of Occitan lyric poetry in which a knight meets a shepherdess.
(historical)A type of Occitan lyric poetry in which a knight meets a shepherdess.

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Borrowed from Spanish pastorela, from French pastourelle.

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