Druidism

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Laeghaire Mac Neill—possessed druids and enchanters, who used to foretell through their druidism and through their paganism what was in the future for them.

From The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings by O'Leary, James

In this stronghold of druidism he resolved to celebrate the approaching festival of Easter, and preach the word to the assembled chiefs.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

That last has received the name of druidism, from the druids who were its founders and priests.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various

These verses were communicated orally, and were never written down whilst bardism or druidism lasted, though the bards and druids at a very early period were acquainted with the use of letters. 

From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by Borrow, George Henry

Bardism, or as it is generally though improperly styled, druidism, was the fount of instruction, moral and religious, in Britain and in Gaul. 

From The Welsh and Their Literature from The London Quarterly Review, January 1861, American Edition by Borrow, George Henry