Lexic.us

Definition of Brigid

1. Noun. Irish abbess; a patron saint of Ireland (453-523).

Definition of Brigid

1. Proper noun. (Irish mythology) The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann. ¹

2. Proper noun. Brigid of Kildare (c.451-521), an Irish saint partly confused with the goddess. ¹

3. Proper noun. (given name female from=Irish) sometimes borrowed from Irish. English form: Bridget. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brigid

Literary usage of Brigid

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Even allowing for the exaggerated stories told of St. Brigid by her numerous ... St. Brigid died leaving a cathedral city and school that became famous all ..."

2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1898)
"Con was for having the wedding at Easter, but Brigid in this one thing stood ... She has always been the first," said Brigid simply, and her eyes had the ..."

3. A Dictionary of Saintly Women by Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar (1904)
"St. Brigid (7), May 13, 24, nursed and converted her infirm husband : after his death ... Brigid devoted hers to works of mercy. Contrary to their wishes, ..."

4. A Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English Tongue by Stopford Augustus Brooke, Thomass William Hazen Rolleston (1900)
"SAINT Brigid 'MlD dewy pastures girdled with blue air, Where ruddy kine the limpid waters drink, Through violet-purpled woods of green Kildare, ..."

5. The History of Ireland by Thomas Moore (1835)
"St. Brigid; and so general was the enthusiasm her example excited, that the religious order which she instituted spread its branches through every part of ..."

6. Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts by Patrick Kennedy (1866)
"Brigid AND THE HARPS. It was not in the nature of things that a Celtic saint ... St. Brigid being once on a journey, sought hospitality for herself and her ..."

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