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.
||Ru*ra"les (r*r"lz), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) The gossamer-winged
||butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the
||hairstreaks, violets, and theclas.
Ru"ral*ism (?), n. 1. The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.