Celticism

American  

[kel-tuh-siz-uhm, sel-] / ˈkɛl təˌsɪz əm, ˈsɛl- /

noun

1. a Celtic custom or usage.

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Etymology

Origin of Celticism

First recorded in 1850–55; Celtic + -ism

Example Sentences

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Celticism

He employs what has jocosely been called the "Woad" argument; he goes back not to the early Britons, but to Celticism.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

This being the true and strange glory of Ireland, it is impossible to hear without impatience of the attempt so constantly made among her modern sympathizers to talk about Celts and Celticism.

From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Still more recently, the revival of Welsh national sentiment has inspired a hope, which has become a belief, that the Roman conquest was an episode, after which an unaltered Celticism resumed its interrupted supremacy.

From The Romanization of Roman Britain by Haverfield, F. (Francis)

Partly because of bathing and boating, and partly because Gideon, the organiser of the party, wanted to find out if there was much Potterism in Cornwall, or if Celticism had withstood it.

From Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract by Macaulay, Rose, Dame

If they did not know what conclusion to arrive at as to earthenware and as to Celticism, it was because they were ignorant of history, especially the history of France.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave