Gorsedd

/ (ˈɡɔːsɛð) /

(in Wales) the bardic institution associated with the eisteddfod, esp a meeting of bards and druids held daily before the eisteddfod

Word Origin for Gorsedd

from Welsh, literally: throne

The Gorsedd was held in the open air, at the windy corner of a street, and the morning was not favourable to open-air solemnities.

Celtic Literature |Matthew Arnold
And from the top of the Gorsedd they looked and listened for the dogs.

The Mabinogion |Lady Charlotte Guest
With the ceremony of the Gorsedd on the opening day Dafydd Dafis's spellbound and uplifted hours began.

Mushroom Town |Oliver Onions
First we went to the Gorsedd, or preliminary congress for conferring the degree of bard.

Celtic Literature |Matthew Arnold

In Cathays Park there is also a “gorsedd” or bardic circle of huge monoliths erected in connexion with the eisteddfod of 1899.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 |Various