Gorseddn.
/ˈɡɔːsɛð/, U.S. /ˈɡɔrˌsɛð/, Welsh English /ˈɡɔrsɛð/ 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 attributive.
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1794 E. Jones Mus. 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.
1876 Programme Wrexham Eisteddvod 6 The Gorsedd will be held every morning..at 9 o'clock, in a field in Grosvenor Road.
1908 Daily 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.
1909 Daily Chron. 10 June 4/4 The Gorsedd ceremonial takes place within a circle marked out by twelve massive unhewn stones placed a few feet apart.
1928 Observer 15 July 11/3 The early morning sessions of the Gorsedd, with the bards in their multi-coloured robes.
1955 Times 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.
1959 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 3/1 The Gorsedd ceremony.
1959 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 3/1 The Gorsedd stones.
1959 Manch. Guardian 5 Aug. 3/1 The Gorsedd procession.
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