Word Finder - shepherd

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A person who tends sheep, especially a grazing flock.

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Someone who watches over, looks after, or guides somebody.

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The pastor of a church; one who guides others in religion.

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A swain; a rustic male lover.

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To watch over; to guide

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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.

The shepherd did as he was bidden.

Near the top of a hill he saw a little shepherd boy who was lying on the ground while a flock of sheep and lambs were grazing around him.

In Scotland there once lived a poor shepherd whose name was James Hogg.

The shepherd made good all loss due to his neglect.

He is succeeded by a foolish shepherd, who neglects his flock and lets it go to ruin.

In later times the measure of authority conceded to a pastor as the shepherd of a flock has been much diminished in consequence of the gradual development of democratic feeling in both minister and congregation.

Far closer, however, are the affinities between the homily and the Shepherd of Hermas, " the first Christian allegory," which as a literary whole dates from about A.D.

Formerly the word "herdwick" was applied to the pasture ground under the care of a shepherd, and it is now used of a special hardy breed of sheep in Cumberland and Westmorland.

As the name for a keeper of a herd or flock of domestic animals, the herdsman, it is usually qualified to denote the kind of animal under his protection, as swine-herd, shepherd, &c., but in Ireland, Scotland and the north of England, "herd" alone is commonly used.

Journey to the feast of tabernacles; invitation to the soul athirst to come to Him (the fountain of Life) and drink, and proclamation of Himself as the Light of the world; cure of the man born blind; allegory of the good shepherd.

At the end it also contains the Ep. of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas, unfortunately incomplete, and there was probably originally some other document between these two.

The Manichaeans of Chinese Turkestan also used a version of the Shepherd of Hermas.

Brindaban is one of the most popular places of pilgrimage in India, being associated with the cult of Krishna as a shepherd.

The XVIth dynasty is of thirty-two "Hellenic (sic?) shepherd kings," the seventeenth is of "shepherds and Theban kings" (reigning simultaneously).

His followers were scattered every man to his own place as sheep without a shepherd.

Such rigours are encouraged in the Shepherd of Hermas, a book which emanated from Rome and up to the 4th century was read in church.

The influence of his views may be recognized as late as the Shepherd of Hermas.

His contemporary St Bonaventura complained publicly that he himself and his fellow-friars were often compelled to hold their tongues about the evil clergy; partly because, even if one were expelled, another equally worthless would probably take his place, but "perhaps principally lest, if the people altogether lost faith in the clergy, heretics should arise and draw the people to themselves as sheep that have no shepherd, and make heretics of them, boasting that, as it were by our own testimony, the clergy were so vile that none need obey them or care for their teaching."

An important place of entertainment is Olympia, near Hammersmith Road and the Addison Road station on the West London railway, which includes a vast arena under a glass roof; while at Shepherd's Bush are the extensive grounds and buildings first occupied by the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908, including a huge stadium for athletic displays.

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Besides the sterile and monotonous steppes, valuable only as pasture, and so sparsely populated that it is possible to travel for many hours without encountering any sign of human life except a primitive artesian well or a shepherd's hut, there are wide expanses of fen-country, regularly flooded in spring and autumn.

Like the history of the founder of the Achaemenian empire, that of Ardashir has from the beginning been overgrown with legends; like Cyrus he is the son of a shepherd, his future greatness is predicted by dreams and visions, and by the calculations of astronomers he becomes a servant at the court of King Artabanus and then flies to Persia and begins the rebellion; he fights with the great dragon, the enemy of god, &c. A Pahlavi text, which contains this legend, has been translated by Noldeke (Geschichte des Artachshir i Papakan, 1879).

He is represented as a monster with three heads or three bodies (triformis, trigeminus), sometimes with wings, and as the owner of herds of red cattle, which were tended by the giant shepherd Eurytion and the two-headed dog Orthrus.

In the same author's Works and Days, a treatise which is a sort of shepherd's calendar, there are distinct references to the Pleiades, Hyades, Orion, Sirius and Arcturus.

He was of barbarian parentage and was brought up as a shepherd.

His publications include The Reality of Religion (1884); The Poetry of Tennyson (1889); The Other Wise Man (1896); Ships and Havens (1897); The Toiling of Felix, and Other Poems (1900); The Poetry of the Psalms (1900); The Blue Flower (1902); Days Off (1907); The House of Rimmon (1908); Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land (1908); Collected Poems (191 I); The Bad Shepherd (1911); The Unknown Quantity (1912); The Lost Boy (1914); Fighting for Peace (1917); The Valley of Vision (1919); and Golden Stars (1919) .

She hesitated until recalling Jack, the shepherd mix she'd left with Mrs. Watson.

Yully's shepherd pie and Bianca's paella did nothing to fill the gnawing hole within him.

Shepherd Neame's Kentish ales are on offer in the bar together with an expert selection of wines from around the world.

Pet. was seen to be tainted with the Docetic heresy, and the Shepherd was not apostolic.

He will not end up there because basically, NUFC and Freddie Shepherd in particular will not bankroll huge transfer fees without success?

Eric is a pipe organ builder who works with his brother John who runs the family firm, B C Shepherd & Sons.

Spot the elusive shepherd and sheep cunningly concealed on each page.

All Shepherd, King, and Ass related connections count double. blind mornington crescent An ancient variation requiring immense skill.

He too has a rough shepherd's crook, just like his friend.

My father An the king, shepherd of the gods, sat me in the Land on a holy dais.

German Shepherd Dog puppies kept confined during growth developed less severe hip dysplasia than their littermates which were allowed to exercise vigorously.

Idealized pastoral eclogues celebrate unrequited love of the shepherd Corydon for the beautiful Alexis.

Not, of course, like a modern school teacher, but as the shepherd who leads and feeds the flock.

Then [Newcastle chairman] Freddie Shepherd started inviting us to watch football.

A shepherd's hut made £ 6. There were 27 horses.

Cocker spaniels may develop glandular hypertrophy and German Shepherd Dogs are reported to have an increased predisposition.

Had I not got an insanely jealous German Shepherd Dog at home, I would have bundled her straight into my car!

Tells his camera cafe Kevin shepherd are world class.

The Star produces a montage of posters produced by Shepherd Neame, who produce the drink.

The origins of the meat in a shepherd's pie would be a conundrum too far.

Everything was gray and white in a cold and dolorous sort of shepherd's plaid.

The Lord is My Shepherd - there are a number of anthem versions of the 23rd psalm.

Oldham the poet was for three years an usher under John Shepherd, who was appointed schoolmaster in 1675.

Like the false shepherd, the hireling has self-interest.