eisteddfod
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Origin of eisteddfod
1815–25; < Welsh: literally, session, equivalent to eistedd sitting + fod, variant (by lenition) of bod being
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She was so proud of her association with the eisteddfod that Elizabeth once again visited the festival - this time as Queen in 1960, making history by becoming the first reigning monarch to attend.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2022
On 5 October 1957, the Porthcawl Grand Pavilion filled with perhaps 5,000 people for the miners’ eisteddfod.
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2017
He has spoken in the past – surly/amused – of an "eisteddfod of hostility", as if his detractors were the excitable participants in a provincial arts festival.
From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2014
Radio presenter Roy Noble, chair of the Welsh government's task force which looked at future funding for the eisteddfod, said he hoped the council grant would at least be maintained post reorganisation.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2014
This eisteddfod made rules p. 13for the better government of the bardic order.
From The Poetry of Wales by Jenkins, John
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