druid Definition
druid (dro̵̅o̅′id)
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·id′ic (dro̵̅o̅ id′ik) adjective or dru·id′i·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.
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