RURAL
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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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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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To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
Thomson.
[1913 Webster]Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.
Dryden.
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