Shepherd vs Shepherdly - What's the difference?
shepherd | shepherdly |
A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.
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*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd' s plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
(lb) Someone who watches over]], [[look after, looks after, or guides somebody.
*1769 , Oxford Standard text, , 23, i,
*:The LORD is my shepherd ; I shall not want.
(lb) The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.
To watch over; to guide
(Australian rules football) For a player to obstruct an opponent from getting to the ball, either when a teammate has it or is going for it, or if the ball is about to bounce through the goal or out of bounds.
Resembling or characteristic of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.
Taking care of a group or flock, as a shepherd does.
* 1998 , Robert L. Thomas, Understanding spiritual gifts (page 196)
As a proper noun shepherd
is .As an adjective shepherdly is
resembling or characteristic of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.shepherd
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Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia shepherd)Synonyms
* sheepherderCoordinate terms
* shepherdessDerived terms
* archshepherd, Archshepherd (Koine Greek: 5:4) * chief shepherd, Chief Shepherd * shepherd's crook * shepherd's pie * undershepherdVerb
(en verb)shepherdly
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Adjective
(en adjective)- (Jeremy Taylor)
- A Sunday school teacher, for example, may and should exercise shepherdly concern for members of his or her class.