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Rural deanery
(gcide) | Rural \Ru"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the
country. Cf. Room space, Rustic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a
city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or
resembling, the country; rustic; as, rural scenes; a rural
prospect.
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Here is a rural fellow; . . .
He brings you figs. --Shak.
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2. Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy.
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Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean.
Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of
a rural dean.
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Usage:
Syn: Rustic. -- Rural, Rustic. Rural refers to the
country itself; as, rural scenes, prospects, delights,
etc. Rustic refers to the character, condition, taste,
etc., of the original inhabitants of the country, who
were generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic
manners; a rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic
architecture, etc.
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We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
--Thomson.
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Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply. --Dryden.
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