shepherdlyadj.
/ˈʃɛpədli/ Now rare. † b. Pastoral, rural, rustic. Obsolete.
a. Pertaining to or befitting a shepherd (literal and figurative); that has the characteristics of a shepherd; †that is a shepherd.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective]
carefula1000
shepherdly1546
chary1579
regardant1581
protectingc1595
protective1653
caring1966
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [adjective] > shepherd
pastoral?a1475
shepherdly1546
shepherdisha1586
1546 T. Phaer New Boke of Presidentes (new ed.) f. vii & with a shepardly rewarde whitsaue ye hym to fauoure.
1546 T. Phaer New Boke of Presidentes (new ed.) f. viii Other thynges..whiche to your sheperdly office in this behalfe belonge.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. v. 167 a That shepheardlie founder of the citie of Rome.
1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xxxiv. §340 In som places the shepherdly multitude do also carry about their cottages in waines.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi v. iii. 63/1 To leave their Off-spring under the Shepherdly Government of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1877 S. A. Tipple Echoes of Spoken Words 22 The truly high position..is that which enables us to minister richly to our fellows, to shield them, guide them, relieve them and be shepherdly toward them.
1884 J. Parker Apostolic Life III. 46 A man with a great shepherdly heart.
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the world > food and drink > farming > [adjective] > rustic or pastoral
fieldena1425
grangyc1541
shepherdly1579
champestrial1612
geoponical1646
geoponic1663
Arcadian1667
bucolical1830
lane-born1834
bucolic1846
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [adjective]
churlisha1000
ruric1488
rural1513
rusticalc1525
peasant1550
peasantly1569
clownish1570
rustic1576
shepherdly1579
russet1598
clownical1614
clown-likea1640
nut-brown1648
countrified1653
high-shoon1654
Corydonical1656
high-shod1656
sylvatic1661
villatic1671
russet-coated1683
one-gallus1881
one-gallused1887
red-necked1896
rube1898
takhaar1899
backwoodsya1910
swede-bashing1936
backwoodish1946
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. cxiv. 304 This is not only a poetical, but also a shepheardly speech.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xi. 20 Their poemes were named Eglogues or shepheardly talke.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 20 The primitive plainness and shepherdly simplicity of those times.
1743 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 14 Apr. I hate the country: I am past the shepherdly age of groves and streams.
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