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Definition of Druidic

1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.

Definition of Druidic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the druids. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Druidic

1. druid [adj] - See also: druid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Druidic

Literary usage of Druidic

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

1. Future Life in the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science by Louis Lucien Baclé (1906)
"Resemblance of druidic to Pythagorean Doctrine. — druidic Religion and Philosophy now known only by References in the Classics and in the Songs of the Bards ..."

2. Celtic Britain by JOHN. RHYS (1904)
"its practices, the druidic tonsure was one of the differences which it wished to be rid of. The Irish Church began to conform in this matter of hair-cutting ..."

3. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes (1880)
"Midsummer Eve—The druidic Ceremonies at Pontypridd—The Snake Stone—Beltane ... is one of the ancient druidic festivals, still liberally honoured in Wales. ..."

4. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The old druidic fanes, then—probably only rude structures open to the sky, or in some cases merely rounded lawns or glades—the luci,f or light places of the ..."

5. Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and by William Carew Hazlitt (1905)
"To the eye of ignorance he might sometimes appear dead, but agreeably to the druidic system, it was only a transmigration into a similar form, ..."

6. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"... ¡—druidic Fire. Of the use of the Roan- (or Kowan-) tree, in druidical rites ;—in the ordeal by Fire. Of ancient Poetical Satire, as a brandi of ..."

7. Institutes of Ecclesiastical History, Ancient and Modern by Johann Lorenz Mosheim, James Murdock (1841)
"... not only as a citizen, but as a man, was derived to the Christian church from the ancient druidic superstition ; to the vast detriment of Europe ". § 7. ..."

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