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Definition of Gorsedds
1. gorsedd [n] - See also: gorsedd
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gorsedds
Literary usage of Gorsedds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Barddas: or, A collection of original documents, illustrative of the by John Williams (1862)
"There were three efficient gorsedds that preserved memorials, namely, ...
And every memorial was efficient that received the countenance of three gorsedds, ..."
2. Barddas: or, A collection of original documents, illustrative of the by John Williams (1874)
"The three firm gorsedds of the Isle of Britain : the Gorsedd of country and lord ;
the Gorsedd of Bards ; and the Gorsedd of federate support. ..."
3. The Traditionary Annals of the Cymry by John Williams (1867)
"8 There are three fixed and permanent circles recorded in the Triads :— "The
three principal gorsedds of the bards of the Isle of Britain : the gorsedd of ..."
4. The Cambrian Journal by Cambrian Institute, Tenby, Wales, Cambrian Institute (Tenby, Wales), Wales Cambrian Institute (Tenby (1857)
"8 There are three fixed and permanent circles recorded in the Triads :— "The
three principal gorsedds of the bards of the Isle of Britain : the gorsedd of ..."
5. The Land's End District: Its Antiquities, Natural History, Natural Phenomena by Richard Edmonds (1862)
"16), the most famous of all our " Druidical Temples," and probably one of the
three gorsedds, or places of judgment of Britain mentioned in an ancient Welch ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"Among the changes which he effected in the organization of the bards may have
been the institution of bardic gorsedds or meetings, of which, ..."
7. The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a History of by Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield (1816)
"For without this convention, the other two gorsedds could not have possessed
either privilege or stability. This conventional voice of the nation originated ..."
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