单词 | druid |
释义 | Druidn.adj. 1. One of an order of men among the ancient Celts of Gaul and Britain, who, according to Cæsar were priests or religious ministers and teachers, but who figure in native Irish and Welsh legend as magicians, sorcerers, soothsayers, and the like. (The English use follows the Latin sources, whence it was derived, rather than native Celtic usage.) In early use always in plural. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > Druidism > [noun] > person Druidan1509 Druid1565 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient British flamenc1330 Druidan1509 Druid1565 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vi. f. 155 The Druides are occupied about holy things: they haue the dooing of publicke and priuate sacrifices, and do interprete and discusse matters of Religion. 1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man iii. 162 A woman..that was a Southsayer, of them which were called Druides. 1602 Hist. Eng. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 439 The Druyds, lifting up their hands towards heaven, filled the air with cries and curses. 1685 E. Stillingfleet Origines Britannicæ ii. 78 The last Age hath discovered a famous Urn of one Chyndonax, Chief of the Druids. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame iii, in Wks. (1757) I. 101 Like an old Druid from his hollow oak. 1782 W. Cowper Table Talk in Poems 503 Every hallowed druid was a bard. 1861 Ecclesiologist 23 279 Curious beads of coloured glass commonly called ‘Druids' beads’. 1892 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. 14 In Mona was a sacred place of the Druids. 2. Hence in some modern applications. Categories » a. A priest, religious minister, chaplain. b. A philosophic bard or poet. ΚΠ 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 255. ⁋3 Even the Christmas Pye..is often forbidden to the Druid of the Family. 1749 W. Collins Ode Death Thomson i. 5 In yonder Grave a Druid lies. 1760 J. Jortin Life Erasmus II. 94 Who have endeavored to serve the public in a way not agreeable to certain Druids. c. The appellation of some officers of the Welsh Gorsedd. ΚΠ 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Feb. 3 Not only was Dr. Price the arch-druid loudly cheered..but [etc.]. d. United Ancient Order of Druids, a secret benefit society founded in London in 1781, and having now numerous lodges called groves in the United Kingdom, America, the Colonies, etc. 3. attributive or as adj. Of or belonging to the Druids, Druidic adj. Druid stone, Druid sandstone, the stone of which Stonehenge is constructed, grey-weather. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > Druidism > [adjective] Druidish1577 Druid1670 Druidean1678 Druidical1755 Druidic1773 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [adjective] > ancient British Druidish1577 flaminical1641 Druid1670 Druidean1678 flaminal1693 Druidical1755 Druidic1773 flamineous1846 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 34 If lastly the Druid learning honour'd so much among them, were at first taught them out of Britain. 1776 J. Wesley Jrnl. 1 Sept. Druid altars of enormous size. 1777 T. Warton Poems 17 Here Poesy..In druid songs her solemn spirit breath'd. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. i. 5 Grey Druid stones..gleaming through the dawn. 1871 J. Phillips Geol. Oxf. xvii. 446 In this way perhaps we may account for the ‘Druid’ sandstones, or ‘Grey Weathers’, or ‘Sarsen stones’ which lie in such abundance about Ashdown..and between Marlborough and Avebury. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1565 |
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