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.
Here is a rural fellow; . . .
He brings you figs.
Shak.
2. Of or
pertaining to agriculture;
as, rural economy.
Rural
dean. (Eccl.) See
under Dean. --
Rural deanery
(Eccl.), the state,
office, or residence, of a rural dean.
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.
We turn
To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
Thomson.
Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by;
To manly confidence thy throughts apply.
Dryden.
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