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The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order.

In a sacerdotal manner.

The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others. Shepherd bird (Zoöl.), the crested screamer. See Screamer. -- Shepherd dog (Zoöl.), a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog, and the English shepherd dog. Called als…

A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. Sir P. Sidney.

A genus of shrubs having silvery scurfy leaves, and belonging to the same family as Elæagnus; also, any plant of this genus. See Buffalo berry, under Buffalo.

Resembling a shepherd; suiting a shepherd; pastoral. Sir T. Sidney.

Pastoral life or occupation.

A little shepherd.

Resembling, or becoming to, a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard. The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove. Chapman.

A mean, dirty wretch. [Low]

Wearing spatterdashes. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.

Uproar. Jamieson.

The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.

See Dreadnought, above.

One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England.

See Sward, n. & v. [Obs.]

A keeper of swine.

See Tabard.