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Definition of Druids

1. druid [n] - See also: druid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Druids

Literary usage of Druids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Age of Fable; Or, Beauties of Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, John Loughran Scott (1898)
"The druids combined the functions of the priest, the magistrate, ... The druids taught the existence of one god, to whom they gave a name "Be' al," which ..."

2. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"Rowland's account of the druids of Anglesey. Nothing precise known of the druids in ... Of the origin of druids in Erinn, according to our ancient writings. ..."

3. Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum: Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars by John Healy (1890)
"The British druids in the time of Caesar were very famous both as priests and scholars; so that it was customary for the young druids of Gaul to be sent ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It is commonly believed that the druids were the stubborn champions of Gaulish liberty and that they took a direct part in the government of the nation, ..."

5. Literature of Theology: A Classified Bibliography of Theological and General by John Fletcher Hurst (1896)
"The Celtic druids, or an Attempt to show that the druids were the Priests of ... SMIDDY, R. Essay on the druids, the Ancient Churches and Round Towers. ..."

6. Robert Merry's Museum by Samuel G Goodrich (1842)
"The druids, THE druids wore a remarkable race of priests, who first came into Europe with the Celts, the first settlers of that quarter of the globe, ..."

7. The Foundations of England; Or, Twelve Centuries of British History (B.C. 55 by James Henry Ramsay (1898)
"The subject has by no means been exhausted, and in fact is The druids. ... In this aspect the higher druids were priest-judges; depositaries of the Common ..."

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