Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc. See
Celtic , etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Same as
Celtic , a. & n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun Obsolete spelling of
Celtic .
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Examples
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Keltic, but is frem a Latin word celtis, or celtes; meaning a chisel, and used in the Vulgate, Job xix., 24, the classic word is cœlum.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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Then after long ages another Aryan branch, called the Keltic, came into
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Apparent as is the advance of the "Eroica" over its predecessor, the difference between these and the two later sonatas -- the "Norse" and the "Keltic" -- is even more marked.
Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908
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This branch of the Aryan family is known as the Keltic, and was older brother to the Teuton and Slav, which at a much later period followed them from the ancestral home, and appropriated the middle and eastern portions of the European Continent.
A Short History of France Mary Platt Parmele 1877
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(or so-called Keltic) remains, discovered in such quantities in France.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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"Keltic" sonata, and in the piercing sadness and the transporting tenderness of the "Dirge" in the "Indian" suite.
Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908
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"Keltic" sonata -- a fact which will, however, be sufficiently evident to anyone who studies the two versions carefully enough to perceive the difference between more or less experimental craftsmanship and ripe and heedful artistry.
Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908
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Only in certain pages of Strauss is there anything in contemporary music which compares, for superb virility, dynamic power, and sweep of line, with the opening of the "Keltic" sonata.
Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908
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As to the sonatas, he cared most for the "Keltic"; after that, for the
Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908
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I doubt if Liszt could have shown a more overwhelming dramatic power than MacDowell did in playing his 'Keltic' sonata.
Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908
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