Among Central and South American Indians: a medicine man, healer, or shaman. Cf. piai, n.
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| 释义 | the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [noun] > sorcerer or medicine man > South American Indian (6) piache1555 Among Central and South American Indians: a medicine man, healer, or shaman. Cf. piai, n. piai1613 Among the indigenous peoples of Suriname and other parts of South America: a medicine man, a healer, a shaman. Cf. piaiman, n., piache, n. piaiman1825 = piai, n. Koshare1890 A member of a Pueblo Indian clown society representing ancestral spirits in rain and fertility ceremonies. Subcategories:— practice of (2) |
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