Guild
noun
A group of people who have the same job or interest.
She is a member of the local artist's guild.
Often appears as...
- trade guild
- craft guild
noun
An association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal.
He is part of a gaming guild in the popular online game.
Often appears as...
- game guild
- online guild
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General, Technical
noun
A medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.
In medieval times, guilds controlled the practice of their craft in a particular town.
Often appears as...
- medieval guild
- guild master
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Historical
noun
A group of people who have the same job or interest.
She is a member of the local artist's guild.
Often appears as...
- trade guild
- craft guild
noun
An association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal.
He is part of a gaming guild in the popular online game.
Often appears as...
- game guild
- online guild
Usage tips
General, Technical
noun
A medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.
In medieval times, guilds controlled the practice of their craft in a particular town.
Often appears as...
- medieval guild
- guild master
Usage tips
Historical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Community
Focuses on shared craftsmanship or professional interests, rather than personal matters.
Our guild ensures that local weavers maintain high standards.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Interests
Members usually unite because of a specific type of work or art.
The potter's guild exhibits everyone's work each spring.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Development
Guilds often provide opportunities to learn and improve skills within the group's focus.
She improved her painting techniques at the guild workshops.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Community
Focuses on shared craftsmanship or professional interests, rather than personal matters.
Our guild ensures that local weavers maintain high standards.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Interests
Members usually unite because of a specific type of work or art.
The potter's guild exhibits everyone's work each spring.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Development
Guilds often provide opportunities to learn and improve skills within the group's focus.
She improved her painting techniques at the guild workshops.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Community
Focuses on shared craftsmanship or professional interests, rather than personal matters.
Our guild ensures that local weavers maintain high standards.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Interests
Members usually unite because of a specific type of work or art.
The potter's guild exhibits everyone's work each spring.
Pro Tip 3/3Skill Development
Guilds often provide opportunities to learn and improve skills within the group's focus.
She improved her painting techniques at the guild workshops.
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associationclubconfraternitycorporatizationfellowshiporganizationpartnershipsocietyunion
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
functioning system until you've got every cog component back in place and bear in mind in the uk that we have completely sterilized our countryside for years and years and years putting back as much we can is so important so putting the wildcat back in there as part of that very important predator guild is so important
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This Clown Philosopher...
with for the strictest time even that has moved opinion with the booty month yes Cyril to the equity guild for the summer school festival music from the tgpd affection division and it's a blue line muniya my general unity I started very much wanting to know who these people were you want to do you want to
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What is World of...
to an hour and a half per day in the game while more dedicated players may play over 25 hours a week time spent in the game is closely related to a player's immersion in the wild community player one groups called guild which take part in large-scale events of the team have a large influence on how often
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A Man of the World PIPE...
national geographic magazine in that job you don't stay bored for long and as a voice it was my friend al giddins who was a filmmaker and he said hey guild i'm mounting an expedition to dive under the isis at north pole would you like to come oh my goodness of course i'd like
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Are the illuminati real?...
Originally an elite stoneworkers’ guild in the late Middle Ages, the Freemasons had gone from passing down the craft of masonry to more generally promoting ideals of knowledge and reason. Over time, they had grown into a semi-secret, exclusive order
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Bill Strickland:...
pick up one parent because now it's become socially not acceptable not to show up to support your children that the Manchester craftsmen's guild because people think you're bad parent and there is no statistical difference between the
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The origins of ballet -...
shifted control of ballet from local guilds to the royal court. As director, he appointed his personal ballet master and frequent performance partner Pierre Beauchamp, who codified the five main positions of the body still used today.
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Mysterious Madagascar...
island and I was studying a particular lemur and then this linger ups and disappears turns out that this lemur had been eaten by this predator I'd never heard of before the fusa in other parts of the world we have whole guilds of
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The building of...
curiosity by the age of fourteen he had enrolled as a goldsmith in the silk guild Lata della seta where he made gold and silver thread to be woven into tapestries sold throughout the world
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See How Chainsaw Art...
a handful of us we had a guild and a club and we created a nucleus of a group of uh chainsaw carver dedicated to making the art form more well-known and respected
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
functioning system until you've got every cog component back in place and bear in mind in the uk that we have completely sterilized our countryside for years and years and years putting back as much we can is so important so putting the wildcat back in there as part of that very important predator guild is so important
Video examples
This Clown Philosopher...
with for the strictest time even that has moved opinion with the booty month yes Cyril to the equity guild for the summer school festival music from the tgpd affection division and it's a blue line muniya my general unity I started very much wanting to know who these people were you want to do you want to
Video examples
What is World of...
to an hour and a half per day in the game while more dedicated players may play over 25 hours a week time spent in the game is closely related to a player's immersion in the wild community player one groups called guild which take part in large-scale events of the team have a large influence on how often
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A Man of the World PIPE...
national geographic magazine in that job you don't stay bored for long and as a voice it was my friend al giddins who was a filmmaker and he said hey guild i'm mounting an expedition to dive under the isis at north pole would you like to come oh my goodness of course i'd like
Video examples
Are the illuminati real?...
Originally an elite stoneworkers’ guild in the late Middle Ages, the Freemasons had gone from passing down the craft of masonry to more generally promoting ideals of knowledge and reason. Over time, they had grown into a semi-secret, exclusive order
Video examples
Bill Strickland:...
pick up one parent because now it's become socially not acceptable not to show up to support your children that the Manchester craftsmen's guild because people think you're bad parent and there is no statistical difference between the
Video examples
The origins of ballet -...
shifted control of ballet from local guilds to the royal court. As director, he appointed his personal ballet master and frequent performance partner Pierre Beauchamp, who codified the five main positions of the body still used today.
Video examples
Mysterious Madagascar...
island and I was studying a particular lemur and then this linger ups and disappears turns out that this lemur had been eaten by this predator I'd never heard of before the fusa in other parts of the world we have whole guilds of
Video examples
The building of...
curiosity by the age of fourteen he had enrolled as a goldsmith in the silk guild Lata della seta where he made gold and silver thread to be woven into tapestries sold throughout the world
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See How Chainsaw Art...
a handful of us we had a guild and a club and we created a nucleus of a group of uh chainsaw carver dedicated to making the art form more well-known and respected
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Pete Hamill
American Journalist
In the '70s, the newspaper guild managed to get people paid what they were worth, but the reporters suddenly became middle class. It's much more respectable, more uptight, and everyone speaks in guarded tones. And the writing isn't as good. We always had guys who were failed poets and failed novelists who did it to eat.
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Dominique Crenn
French Chef
I'm talking to a lot of my industry to maybe try to create a guild and coalition where people, when they retire, would get a pension. We pay taxes through the years, we pay for unemployment, but we don't have a pension.
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Gabrielle Carteris
American Actress
Relationships with sister guilds are growing stronger and stronger. It's important that all of us are working together - all the unions and the employers. It behooves us to come together.
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Conrad Black
British Businessman
The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors, bar, and bench join hands to ensure that legal invoices are paid, no matter how excessive.
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Jayne Anne Phillips
American Novelist
I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very subversive and very important.
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Coco Martin
Filipino Actor
It's important that I know what I'm doing before I assume responsibility over something as significant as the actors' guild.
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John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds.
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Griffin Dunne
American Actor
I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.
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Kay Cannon
American Writer
I feel like the guilds are, just to be frank, people I pay money to.
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Tyra Banks
American Model
I would love for models to be protected by a guild.
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Pete Hamill
American Journalist
In the '70s, the newspaper guild managed to get people paid what they were worth, but the reporters suddenly became middle class. It's much more respectable, more uptight, and everyone speaks in guarded tones. And the writing isn't as good. We always had guys who were failed poets and failed novelists who did it to eat.
Quote examples
Dominique Crenn
French Chef
I'm talking to a lot of my industry to maybe try to create a guild and coalition where people, when they retire, would get a pension. We pay taxes through the years, we pay for unemployment, but we don't have a pension.
Quote examples
Gabrielle Carteris
American Actress
Relationships with sister guilds are growing stronger and stronger. It's important that all of us are working together - all the unions and the employers. It behooves us to come together.
Quote examples
Conrad Black
British Businessman
The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors, bar, and bench join hands to ensure that legal invoices are paid, no matter how excessive.
Quote examples
Jayne Anne Phillips
American Novelist
I tell my students that being a writer is like being a member of a medieval guild and that what we are doing is very subversive and very important.
Quote examples
Coco Martin
Filipino Actor
It's important that I know what I'm doing before I assume responsibility over something as significant as the actors' guild.
Quote examples
John Ortberg
American Clergyman
Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds.
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Griffin Dunne
American Actor
I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.
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Kay Cannon
American Writer
I feel like the guilds are, just to be frank, people I pay money to.
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Tyra Banks
American Model
I would love for models to be protected by a guild.
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