n.
  - a person who tends sheep.
 - a member of the clergy providing spiritual care and guidance for a congregation.
 
v.
   - 
[usu. as noun shepherding]
 tend (sheep).
 - guide or direct somewhere.
 - give spiritual or other guidance to.
 
 
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE scēaphierde, from sheep + obs. herd ‘herdsman’.