You may have noticed that I sometimes use the Druid as a singular form and Druids as Plural form.
Other Times I use (Irish) Drui or Druii or even Draoi in its proper (I believe not being a polymath) form and Druid as the Plural form.
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>> The word “druid,” or rather druides, is first attested in Latin and Greek, though it is of Celtic origin. Irish forms of drui (singular) and druid occur fairly frequently in medieval Irish literature, though mostly as references made in passing, and much more often than the Welsh cognate dryw occurs in in early Welsh.<< Ref. http://www.digitalmedievalist.com/opinionated-celtic-faqs/…/
>>The word is the plural of the title Drui (or Draoi) and Anglicized into a singular term. They were the ‘learned elite’ not unlike the Brāhmana (Anglicized as Brahmin) of Vedic culture or the Philosopher/Teacher of Greek tradition. Current scholarship questions whether they were more philosophic or religious in their focus, but they generally were teachers, historians, ambassadors, and conduits to the Gods by their knowledge of the correct understanding of ritual to varying degrees. It is likely the profession had various specialties similar to the Vedic Brahmin. References to druid can be found from Gaul to Ireland, but seem absent from the Iberian Peninsula and Northern Italy.<< Ref. http://www.legioviferrata.com/celts/id8.html
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