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Look up: druid

  1. druid
    [n] - a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. druid
    The druids condoned the actions of the 2 Catuvellaunian princes, for it was the druids, whose ranks were drawn from the cream of the British nobility, who apart from holding the monopoly on all things intellectual, also had control of the state religion of the island, and were able through their vast network of inter-tribal connections to split tri…
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. Druid
    Dru'id noun [ Latin Druides ; of Celtic origin; confer 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...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/126

  4. Druid
    noun a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. 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. • (n.) A member of a social and benevolent order, founded in London in 1781, and professedly based on the traditions of the ancient Druids. Lo...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. Druid
    (Celtic: `Knowing [or Finding] the Oak Tree`), member of the learned class among the ancient Celts. They seem to have frequented oak forests and ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/76

  7. druid
    druid An ancient Celtic priest or soothsayer. Compounded of daru-, dru, 'oak', and wid-, 'know'; hence literally meaning 'they who know the oak'; so called with reference to their practices with mistletoe.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Druid
    The druids were ancient Celtic priests. Their group still exists today in secret, despite the existence of charlatan groups claiming to be druids.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Druid
    The ancient druids were divided into three functional orders: primitive druid, bard and ovate. Druidism originated amongst the megalithic ancient British. They taught it to the immigrant Celts, and later trained Celts from the continent.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Druid
    A `druid` was a member of the priestly class in Britain, Ireland, and Gaul, and possibly other parts of Celtic western Europe, during the Iron Age. Very little is currently known about the ancient druids because they left no written accounts about themselves, and the only evidence of them is a few d...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid

  11. Druid
    (character class) In role-playing games, a `druid` is a character class that is generally portrayed as using nature-based magical abilities who strive to protect nature from civilized intrusion. Most druids have abilities that involve healing, damaging spells, summoning animal allies, and sha...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid

  12. Druid
    (Dungeons & Dragons) |role=Controller<ref name="DruidPreview">--> |secondaryrole=Leader or Striker<ref name="DruidPreview"/> |editions=All |standardeditions=1st, BD&D, 2nd, 3rd, 3.5 |alternateeditions=OD&D, 4th |alignment=first=Eldritch Wizardry|Supplemen...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid

  13. Druid
    (database designer) `Druid` is an open-source graphical database designer tool written in Java. Druid is a GUI tool for database build and management. Users can add/change/delete DB objects (tables, fields, etc.). Druid can generate: SQL scripts, docs in XHTML, PDF, DocBook, etc.; code in C, ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid

  14. Druid
    (video game) `Druid` is a series of computer games for the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64, also ported to Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum, published by Firebird in 1986. Graphics and design by Dene Carter. Code by Andrew E. Bailey. Music by David M. Hanlon. Game: Druid is a ser...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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