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shepherdings

shepherdings is the plural of shepherding.

Meaning of shepherding

Noun

shepherding (countable and uncountable, plural shepherdings)

  1. The herding of sheep.
  2. The act of one who shepherds or guides.
    • I'd long believed that he was noticing more and more of my subtleties, and was growing ever more conscious of my secret shepherdings. Now he believes me safely out of the way, with all my power stripped.2015, Libbie Hawker, House of Rejoicing

Questions about shepherdings

What is shepherdings the plural of?
Shepherdings is the plural of shepherding.

Words near shepherdings in the dictionary

  1. shepherdeth
  2. shepherdhood
  3. shepherdia
  4. shepherdias
  5. shepherding
  6. shepherdings
  7. shepherdish
  8. shepherdism
  9. shepherdless
  10. shepherdless pie
  11. shepherdlessness

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