Definition of druids Druids
/dɹuˈɪdz/ - [druidz] -
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Wiktionary 
- druids (Noun)
Plural of druid.
Part of speech
🔤- druids, noun, plural of druid.
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| druid - a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- druid (n.)
One of an order of priests which in ancient times existed among certain branches of the Celtic race, especially among the Gauls and Britons. - druid (n.)
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
A pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland.
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A druid was a member of the priestly and learned class in the pre-Christian, ancient Celtic societies. These societies existed through much of Western Europe, Britain and Ireland, until the Roman government took over and, later, Christianity arrived. Druids were part of the cultures of the tribal peoples who were called "Keltoi" ("Κέλτοι") or "Keltai" ("Κέλται") and "Galatai" ("Γαλάται") by the Greeks and "Celtae" and "Galli" by the Romans. In the communities they served, druids combined the duties of priest, arbitrator, healer, scholar, and magistrate. Both men and women served as druids, although there is no early proof for female druids, or druidesses.
History.
From what little we know of late druidic practices, it appears deeply traditional and conservative, in the sense that druids were conserving the old culture and lore for their communities. It is impossible now to judge whether this continuity had deep historical roots and originated in the social transformations of the late La Tène culture, or whether there had been a discontinuity and then a religious innovation.
Greek and Roman writers on the Celts commonly made at least passing reference to druids, though before Caesar's report merely as "barbarian philosophers"; They were not concerned with ethnology or comparative religion and consequently our historical knowledge of druids is very limited. Druidic lore consisted of a large number of verses learned by heart, and Caesar remarked that twenty years were required t
Part of speech
🔤- druid, noun, singular of druids.
