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Gorsedd|ˈgɔːsɛð|
[W., = throne, tribunal, session.]
A meeting of Welsh bards and druids; esp. the assembly which meets each day during a certain period as a preliminary to the eisteddfod. Also attrib.
1794E. Jones Relicks Welsh Bards (ed. 2) 60 Likewise, we held a Gorsedd, Tribunal-meeting, or Supreme Congress of the Bards of the Isle of Britain, according to the ancient form of a Druidical Assembly. 1876Programme Wrexham Eisteddvod 6 The Gorsedd will be held every morning..at 9 o'clock, in a field in Grosvenor Road. 1908Daily Chron. 9 June 5/7 The Eisteddfod..will be duly proclaimed..by the Arch-Druid, who will be assisted by the Gorsedd officials and bards. 1909Ibid. 10 June 4/4 The Gorsedd ceremonial takes place within a circle marked out by twelve massive unhewn stones placed a few feet apart. 1928Observer 15 July 11/3 The early morning sessions of the Gorsedd, with the bards in their multi-coloured robes. 1955Times 3 Aug. 3/2 Early this morning the Gorsedd in their cloaking robes, green for the initiates, blue for the bards, and white for the druids, met in the sunlight within the circle of 12 stones to hold the traditional eisteddfod ceremony. 1959Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 3/1 The Gorsedd ceremony. Ibid., The Gorsedd stones. Ibid., The Gorsedd procession. |