Rural — Defs

01 a. Of or pertaining to the country, as distinguished from a city or town; living in the country; suitable for, or resembling, the country; rus…

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.
“We turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows.” — Thomson.

“Lay bashfulness, that rustic virtue, by; To manly confidence thy throughts apply.” — Dryden.

Phrases & compounds

Rural dean — See under Dean.

Rural deanery — the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.

Syn. Rustic.