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druid
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druid
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druid
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Druid
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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druid
(wn) | Druid
n 1: a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and
Britain and Ireland |
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druid
(mass) | druid
- druid |
druid
(msas) | druid
- druid |
druid
(msasasci) | druid
- druid |
druid
(encz) | druid,druid n: Zdeněk Brož |
druidism
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druid
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druidismus
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druidství
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Druid stone
(gcide) | Sarsen \Sar"sen\, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen
stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.]
One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English
chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and {Druid
stone}. [Eng.]
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Druid stones
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Druidess
(gcide) | Druidess \Dru"id*ess\, n.
A female Druid; a prophetess. Druidic |
Druidic
(gcide) | Druidic \Dru*id"ic\, Druidical \Dru*id"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.
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Druidical circles. See under Circle.
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Druidical
(gcide) | Druidic \Dru*id"ic\, Druidical \Dru*id"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.
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Druidical circles. See under Circle.
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Druidical circles
(gcide) | Druidic \Dru*id"ic\, Druidical \Dru*id"ic*al\, a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, the Druids.
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Druidical circles. See under Circle.
[1913 Webster]Circle \Cir"cle\ (s[~e]r"k'l), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L.
circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle,
akin to Gr. kri`kos, ki`rkos, circle, ring. Cf. Circus,
Circum-.]
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1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its
circumference, every part of which is equally distant from
a point within it, called the center.
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2. The line that bounds such a figure; a circumference; a
ring.
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3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb
of which consists of an entire circle.
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Note: When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is
called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope
on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a
meridian circle or transit circle; when involving
the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a
reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an
angle several times continuously along the graduated
limb, a repeating circle.
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4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.
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It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.
--Is. xi. 22.
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5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.
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In the circle of this forest. --Shak.
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6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a
central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a
class or division of society; a coterie; a set.
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As his name gradually became known, the circle of
his acquaintance widened. --Macaulay.
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7. A circular group of persons; a ring.
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8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
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Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. --Dryden.
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9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved
statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive
reasoning.
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That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again,
that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body
descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches
nothing. --Glanvill.
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10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]
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Has he given the lie,
In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. --J.
Fletcher.
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11. A territorial division or district.
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Note:
The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were
those principalities or provinces which had seats in the
German Diet.
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Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth.
Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the
horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar.
Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve
(Below).
Circle of declination. See under Declination.
Circle of latitude.
(a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane
of the ecliptic, passing through its poles.
(b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere
whose plane is perpendicular to the axis.
Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the
ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it.
Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the
boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within
which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is
equal to the latitude of the place.
Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the
boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within
which the stars never rise.
Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the
sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes
through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a
small circle.
Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal.
Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one
containing the prominent and more expensive seats.
Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain
ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly
arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury.
Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one
containing inexpensive seats.
Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the
hours.
Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which
touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to
the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any
other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the
curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called
circle of curvature.
Pitch circle. See under Pitch.
Vertical circle, an azimuth circle.
Voltaic circuit or Voltaic circle. See under Circuit.
To square the circle. See under Square.
Syn: Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.
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Druidish
(gcide) | Druidish \Dru"id*ish\, a.
Druidic.
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Druidism
(gcide) | Druidism \Dru"id*ism\, n.
The system of religion, philosophy, and instruction, received
and taught by the Druids; the rites and ceremonies of the
Druids.
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druid
(wn) | Druid
n 1: a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and
Britain and Ireland |
druidism
(wn) | druidism
n 1: the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids
and their rites and ceremonies |
druids
(devil) | DRUIDS, n. Priests and ministers of an ancient Celtic religion which
did not disdain to employ the humble allurement of human sacrifice.
Very little is now known about the Druids and their faith. Pliny says
their religion, originating in Britain, spread eastward as far as
Persia. Caesar says those who desired to study its mysteries went to
Britain. Caesar himself went to Britain, but does not appear to have
obtained any high preferment in the Druidical Church, although his
talent for human sacrifice was considerable.
Druids performed their religious rites in groves, and knew nothing
of church mortgages and the season-ticket system of pew rents. They
were, in short, heathens and -- as they were once complacently
catalogued by a distinguished prelate of the Church of England --
Dissenters.
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