单词 | totem stone |
释义 | > as lemmastotem stone totem stone n. (among certain peoples) a sacred stone, sometimes with markings, which represents a clan's totem.The precise meaning of quot. 1856 is unclear. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > idol > worshipped by specific people > American Indians > stone depicting totem figures totem stone1856 society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > non-Christian symbols or images > [noun] > totem > stone totem stone1856 1856 Trans. Essex (Mass.) Agric. Soc. 9 Many a swelling hill had its ‘totem-stone’, a neighborhood rendezvous where the ‘pow-wow’ was chanted. 1901 Athenæum 7 Dec. 779/1 Mr. N. W. Thomas exhibited a collection of ‘totem-stones’. 1995 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 June Items seized included bull-roarers, ceremonial objects used only by Aboriginal men, and totem stones. < as lemmas |
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