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Etymology edit

bard +‎ -ic

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bardic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to bards.
    • 1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 180:
      In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence.

Noun edit

bardic (plural bardics)

  1. A bardic circle or competition: a gathering or contest at which stories, poems, and/or songs are recited.
    • 2006, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, Creating Circles and Ceremonies: Rituals for All Seasons and Reasons, →ISBN:
      [...] especially at Samhain, Yule, and Oimelc/Imbolg/Brigantia, we'd gather everyone into the living room around the fireplace and present our ritual enactments, hold our bardics, play music, dance, etc.—all before the great altar.
    • 2012, Joshua Cohen, Four New Messages, →ISBN:
      [...] in the bucolic bardics of BJ, whose eclogues insisted on rhyme [...]
    • 2015, Deborah Ross, Northlight, →ISBN, page 9:
      Laureans were as crazy for baths as they were for bardics.

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