ghost dance

noun

a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.

Origin of ghost dance

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby ghost dance

ghost, ghost car, ghost cell, ghost corpuscle, ghost crab, ghost dance, ghostfish, ghost fishing, ghost gum, ghosting, ghostly

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Example sentences from the Web for ghost dance

The only really serious disturbance within a generation was the "Ghost-dance war" of 1890-91.
The Indian Today|Charles A. Eastman
Within the last two years, however, they have revived the ghost-dance ceremonies with all the old-time vigor (see the calendar).
Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))|James Mooney
The third day of the ghost-dance at Cliff Crest was to be the day of the big event—as the office parlance had it.
In Our Town|William Allen White

British Dictionary definitions for ghost dance

ghost dance

noun

a religious dance of certain North American Indians, connected with a political movement (from about 1888) that looked to reunion with the dead and a return to an idealized state of affairs before Europeans came

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单词	ghost dance
释义	ghost dance noun a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century. Origin of ghost dance An Americanism dating back to 1885–90 Words nearby ghost dance ghost, ghost car, ghost cell, ghost corpuscle, ghost crab, ghost dance, ghostfish, ghost fishing, ghost gum, ghosting, ghostly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ghost dance The only really serious disturbance within a generation was the "Ghost-dance war" of 1890-91. The Indian Today\|Charles A. Eastman Within the last two years, however, they have revived the ghost-dance ceremonies with all the old-time vigor (see the calendar). Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))\|James Mooney The third day of the ghost-dance at Cliff Crest was to be the day of the big event—as the office parlance had it. In Our Town\|William Allen White British Dictionary definitions for ghost dance ghost dance noun a religious dance of certain North American Indians, connected with a political movement (from about 1888) that looked to reunion with the dead and a return to an idealized state of affairs before Europeans came 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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