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单词 Gorsedd
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Definition of Gorsedd in English:

Gorsedd

noun ˈɡɔːsɛð
  • A council of Welsh or other Celtic bards and Druids, especially as meeting before the eisteddfod.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His fieldwork activity was recognised by the Cornish Gorsedd, of which he was made a bard at a ceremony held at The Hurlers stone circles on Bodmin Moor, on 29 August 1930.
    • The group, which is working locally, has set up camp around the Gorsedd stone circle.
    • Dr Williams will not be the only church leader admitted as an honorary Druid to the Gorsedd.
    • Regal figures rise from the assembled Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain, dressed in billowing robes of white, blue and green, presided over by the Arch-Druid.
    • Recognized in late medieval times as one of the three main Druidic meeting places in Britain, in 1928 the Gorsedd of the Bards of Cornwall was inaugurated in the circle; modern bardic circles are used in much the same way in Wales.
    • A bard of the Cornish Gorsedd, Gundry published Songs and dances of Cornwall in 1966, and used Cornish subjects, and folk-song material, in his operas The tinners of Cornwall and the comic opera The logan rock.
    • I just wanted to point out that the Gorsedd of Bards is a Welsh group of artists, musicians, etc.
    • I've attended or participated in Wiccan rituals, Goddess circles, Druid Gorsedd, Pagan festivals, co-ed and women-only circles, skyclad, robed, public, private, and solitary rites.

Origin

Welsh, 'mound, throne, assembly'.

 
 
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