Druid
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Dru·id 
[droo-id] Pronunciation Key
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[droo-id] Pronunciation Key –noun (often lowercase)
) | a member of a pre-Christian religious order among the ancient Celts of Gaul, Britain, and Ireland. |
[Origin: 1555–65; < L druidae (pl.) < Gaulish; r. druide < F; cf. OIr druí (nom.), druid (dat., acc.) wizard]
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dru·id·ic, dru·id·i·cal, adjective
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| dru·id also Dru·id
(drōō'ĭd) Pronunciation Key
n. A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers. [From Latin druidēs, druids, of Celtic origin; see deru- in Indo-European roots.] dru·id'ic (drōō-ĭd'ĭk), dru·id'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., dru·id'i·cal·ly adv., dru'id·ism n. |
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Druid
Druid
1509, from O.Fr. druide, from L. Druidae (pl.), from Gaulish Druides, from O.Celt. *derwijes, representing O.Celt. derwos "true" and *dru- "tree" (especially oak) + *wid- "to know" (cf. vision). Hence, lit., perhaps, "they who know the oak." O.E., too, had the same word for "tree" and "truth" (treow). The Eng. form comes via L., not immediately from Celtic. The O.Ir. form was drui (dat. and acc. druid; pl. druad); Mod.Ir. and Gael. draoi, gen. druadh "magician, sorcerer." Not to be confused with United Ancient Order of Druids, secret benefit society founded in London 1781.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| druid | |
noun | |
| a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland |
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Druid Hills, GA (CDP, FIPS 24264) Location: 33.78710 N, 84.32605 W
Population (1990): 12174 (4794 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Druid Hills, KY (city, FIPS 22474) Location: 38.26400 N, 85.66213 W
Population (1990): 305 (142 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
North Druid Hills, GA (CDP, FIPS 56168) Location: 33.82110 N, 84.32799 W
Population (1990): 14170 (8741 housing units)
Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Druid
Dru"id\, n. [L. Druides; of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. draoi, druidh, magician, Druid, W. derwydd Druid.]1. One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons. Note: The Druids superintended the affairs of religion and morality, and exercised judicial functions. They practiced divination and magic, and sacrificed human victims as a part of their worship. They consisted of three classes; the bards, the vates or prophets, and the Druids proper, or priests. Their most sacred rites were performed in the depths of oak forests or of caves. 2. A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lodges or groves of the society are established in other countries. Druid stones, a name given, in the south of England, to weatherworn, rough pillars of gray sandstone scattered over the chalk downs, but in other countries generally in the form of circles, or in detached pillars.
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