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单词 medicine lodge
释义

medicine lodge


noun

a structure used for various ceremonials of North American Indians.
(initial capital letters) the most important religious society among the central Algonquian tribes of North America.

Origin of medicine lodge

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby medicine lodge

Medicine Bow River, medicine bundle, medicine chest, medicine dance, Medicine Hat, medicine lodge, medicine man, medicine shop, medicine show, medicine wheel, medicine woman
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Example sentences from the Web for medicine lodge

  • The fight occurred in Kansas, north of the head of Medicine-lodge creek.

    Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))|James Mooney
  • The demand is never refused; and loaded with edged tools of various kinds, he returns to the medicine-lodge.

    Curiosities of Superstition|W. H. Davenport Adams

British Dictionary definitions for medicine lodge

medicine lodge

noun

a wooden structure used for magical and religious ceremonies among certain North American Indian peoples
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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