Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rural \Ru"ral\, a. [F., fr. L. ruralis, fr. rus, ruris, the
   country. Cf. {Room} space, {Rustic}.]
   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.

   {Rural dean}. (Eccl.) See under {Dean}.

   {Rural deanery} (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of
      a rural dean.

   Syn: Rustic.

   Usage: {Rural}, {Rustic}. Rural refers to the country itself;
          as, rural scenes, prospects, delights, etc. Rustic
          refers to the character, condition, taste, etc., of
          the original inhabitants of the country, who were
          generally uncultivated and rude; as, rustic manners; a
          rustic dress; a rustic bridge; rustic architecture,
          etc.

                We turn To where the silver Thames first rural
                grows.                            --Thomson.

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