druidism

[ droo-i-diz-uhm ]

noun

1. the religion or rites of the Druids.

Word History and Origins

Origin of druidism¹

First recorded in 1705–15; Druid + -ism

Example Sentences

It was placed there last year by an amateur musicologist called Hans-Joachim Köthe – a 90-year-old former notary public who has been a member of the International Grand Lodge of Druidism since 1958 and has dedicated his retirement to finding out more about Thauer.

From The Guardian

Of course, you can wade through a million websites about Paris Hilton," he continues, "but you can also find an almost equal number of places discussing, analysing or promoting extraordinarily old-fashioned or backwards-leaning pursuits: pilgrimage, Druidism, shamanism, nomadism, transhumance, land-living … Everywhere there are strands and networks of revivalisms and reviewings.

From The Guardian

Paganism or Druidism may have survived among a few, but it had got its death-blow.

From Project Gutenberg

He was evidently only half a Christian, for it has been fully proved that Druidism lingered in Ireland for many years after the death of St Patrick.

From Project Gutenberg

In Scotland dairy-maids drive cattle with a switch of the mountain ash, or roan-tree, considered as held sacred since the days of Druidism; and in some districts the sheep and lambs are made to pass through a hoop of its wood on the first day of May.

From Project Gutenberg