bard
noun
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
bardism
-
a word derived from
bard.
Example Sentences
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Three ranks or orders constituted what was called barddas, or bardism; that of bard or poet, that of ovydd or philosopher, and that of druid or instructor.
From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by George Henry Borrow
The motto of this institution was—‘Y Gwir yn erbyn y byd,’ or The Truth against the world; from which it would appear that bardism was instituted for the purpose of propagating truth.
From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by George Henry Borrow
Some modern attempts have been made in Wales to revive bardism, and the Cambrian Society was formed in 1818, for this purpose and for the preservation of the remains of the ancient literature.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
These verses were communicated orally, and were never written down whilst bardism or druidism lasted, though the bards and druids at a very early period were acquainted with the use of letters.
From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by George Henry Borrow
The opposition between bardism and Christianity reveals itself in the pieces translated by M. de la Villemarque by many features of original and pathetic interest.
From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various
