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druid Definition

druid (dro̵̅o̅id)

noun

a member of a literate and influential class in Celtic society that included priests, soothsayers, judges, poets, etc. in ancient Britain, Ireland, and France

Etymology: Fr druide < L druides, pl. < Celt, as in OIr drūi < IE *dru-wid-, lit., oak-wise (< base *deru-, oak, tree + *wid-, know, wise)

druid Related Forms

dru·idic (dro̵̅o̅ idik) adjective or dru·idi·cal

druid Usage Examples

Possessives

temple: A tetrastyle pedimented Roman Doric porch sits to the center, its unjointed columns hewn from menhirs taken from a nearby druids ' temple.

Converse of object

  • include: Val Pagan Federation of many groups of many different pathways, including some druids, and not all pagans belong.
  • see: Andy said that in the festival days we had seen the druids dressed up in white being ushered into the stones by the police.
  • use: You'd still use disk druid later to partition the Linux stuff the way you want.
  • have: Beside warriors, they had druids, physicians and musicians among their number.

Adjective modifier

  • ancient: Learning to speak Welsh will not enable me to conduct rituals in the language of the ancient druids, in some wonderfully romantic manner.
  • Celtic: Celtic druids were among the first identifiable religious tribes to inhabit the area.
  • local: When Caesar came to Britain he wrote about local druids.
  • nearby: A tetrastyle pedimented Roman Doric porch sits to the center, its unjointed columns hewn from menhirs taken from a nearby druids ' temple.

Modifies a noun

  • priest: According to folklore these pools are where druid priests made human sacrifices to appease their gods.
  • group: He also said that several druid groups had discussed a ceremony to be taking place, as people enter the Stone site.
  • ceremony: It would be good if the pagan and druid ceremonies could be given just a few minutes in the Stones.
  • hat: I am wearing my druid hat to shield me from the sun.
  • grove: They named their city Aquae Sulis and soon transformed the Celtic druids grove into one of the major therapeutic centers of the West.
  • celebration: Was it as they claim a druid celebration of the dawn or did they have more carnal intent on the moor?

Noun used with modifier

disk: You'd still use disk druid later to partition the Linux stuff the way you want.