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• craft guild — noun An association of people engaged in the same trade • • • Main Entry: ↑craft * * * craft guild, = guild (def. 2). (Cf. ↑guild) * * * n. historical an association of workers of the same trade for mutual benefit …   Useful english dictionary

• craft guild — /ˈkraft gɪld/ (say krahft gild) noun an association of people working in the same craft …  

• Southern Highland Craft Guild — is a guild craft organization that has partnered with the National Park Service for over fifty years. The Guild represents over 1000 craftspeople in 293 counties of 9 southeastern states. It operates five retail craft shops and two annual craft… …   Wikipedia

• guild — /gild/, n. 1. an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., esp. one formed for mutual aid or protection. 2. any of various medieval associations, as of merchants or artisans, organized to maintain standards and to protect the… …   Universalium

• craft — n. & v. n. 1 skill, esp. in practical arts. 2 a (esp. in comb.) a trade or an art (statecraft; handicraft; priestcraft; the craft of pottery). b the members of a craft. 3 (pl. craft) a a boat or vessel. b an aircraft or spacecraft. 4 cunning or… …   Useful english dictionary

• Craft — mistery; misteria, mestera, officium (Latin) ♦ An industry or trade generally involving particular skills transmitted through apprenticeship under a master of the craft. By the later Middle Ages crafts were normally regulated, under municipal… …   Medieval glossary

• Craft unionism — refers to organizing a union in a manner that seeks to unify workers in a particular industry along the lines of the particular craft or trade that they work in by class or skill level. It contrasts with industrial unionism, in which all workers… …   Wikipedia

• Craft — (kr[.a]ft), n. [AS. cr[ae]ft strength, skill, art, cunning; akin to OS., G., Sw., & Dan. kraft strength, D. kracht, Icel. kraptr; perh. originally, a drawing together, stretching, from the root of E. cramp.] 1. Strength; might; secret power. [Obs …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• guild — [gild] n. [ME gild, blend of ON gildi, guild, guild feast & OE gyld, association (of paying members), akin to OHG gelt, OFris ield, all < base seen in OE gieldan, to pay: see YIELD] 1. in medieval times, a union of men in the same craft or… …   English World dictionary

• Guild — For other uses, see Guild (disambiguation). One of the legacies of the guilds, the elevated Windsor Guildhall was originally a meeting place for guilds, as well as magistrates seat and town hall. A guild (German: Gilde) is an association of… …   Wikipedia

• Guild —    An association of merchants or craftsmen in a medieval or Renaissance city, intended to regulate relations among those who practiced the same occupation and to safeguard the common interests of its members and also (in theory) the general… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance