Midewiwinn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈdeɪwᵻwɪn/, U.S.

/məˈdeɪwəw(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s Matayway, 1800s Me-da-we-win, 1800s Medawin, 1800s Me-de-we, 1800s Medewewin, 1800s Metawee, 1800s Midawiwin, 1800s Mitewie, 1800s– Midewiwin, 1900s– Medewiwin, 1900s– Midawin, 1900s– Miteyawin. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Ojibwa. Etymon: Ojibwa mite:wiwin.

Etymology: < Ojibwa mite:wiwin < mite:wi to be a member of the Midewiwin ( < †mite: Mide n. + -wi to be) + -win, suffix forming nouns.The Ojibwa word is transcribed midewiwin in the modern practical orthography.

Now historical.

Among the Ojibwa and some of their Algonquian and Siouan neighbours: a nativistic ceremonial society and its set of rituals, characterized by demonstrations of the powers of herbs and ritual objects and the recounting of traditional knowledge. Cf. Mide n.

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c1804 P. Grant Sauteux Indians ii. 361 in L. R. Masson Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-ouest (1890) The Mitewie is a mysterious ceremony, rather of the nature of our Free Masonry, but with this remarkable difference that both sexes are admitted as members.

1852 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. II. 56 It is now that religious observances are in order. The Medawin, the Jesukawin, and the Wabeno societies assemble.

a1853 W. W. Warren Hist. Ojibways iii, in Coll. Minnesota Hist. Soc. (1885) V. 65 The grand rite of Me-da-we-win..and the beliefs incorporated therein, are not yet fully understood by the whites.

1859 P. Kane Wanderings of Artist among Indians N. Amer. 4 Their medicine dances [are] called Matayway.

1891 in J. Maclean Canad. Savage Folk (1896) v. 437 In the native religion of the Ojibways, the name of Kitchi Manidu is always mentioned with reverence, and only in connection with a sacred feast.., or the rite of Midewiwin.

1896 J. Maclean Canad. Savage Folk iii. 332 The priest was no doubt ignorant of the exercises of the midawiwin.

1928 Long Lance 50 We used to stand at a distance from the medicine-tepee and listen to the pounding of the big Miteyawin medicine-drum.

1932 D. Jenness Indians of Canada 160 The Ojibwa usually celebrated their Midewiwin or ‘medicine lodge’ in the summer of the ripening of fruits and berries.

1978 J. A. Maxwell America's Fascinating Indian Heritage ix. 336/2 One of the most important institutions in Ojibwa life was the Midewiwin.

1991 Wicazo Sa Rev. Fall 18 In one word, he felt that the Chippewa midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, was ‘postcontact’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	midewiwin
释义	Midewiwinn. Brit. /mᵻˈdeɪwᵻwɪn/, U.S. /məˈdeɪwəw(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s Matayway, 1800s Me-da-we-win, 1800s Medawin, 1800s Me-de-we, 1800s Medewewin, 1800s Metawee, 1800s Midawiwin, 1800s Mitewie, 1800s– Midewiwin, 1900s– Medewiwin, 1900s– Midawin, 1900s– Miteyawin. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Ojibwa. Etymon: Ojibwa mite:wiwin. Etymology: < Ojibwa mite:wiwin < mite:wi to be a member of the Midewiwin ( < †mite: Mide n. + -wi to be) + -win, suffix forming nouns.The Ojibwa word is transcribed midewiwin in the modern practical orthography. Now historical. Among the Ojibwa and some of their Algonquian and Siouan neighbours: a nativistic ceremonial society and its set of rituals, characterized by demonstrations of the powers of herbs and ritual objects and the recounting of traditional knowledge. Cf. Mide n. ΚΠ c1804 P. Grant Sauteux Indians ii. 361 in L. R. Masson Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-ouest (1890) The Mitewie is a mysterious ceremony, rather of the nature of our Free Masonry, but with this remarkable difference that both sexes are admitted as members. 1852 H. R. Schoolcraft Information Indian Tribes U.S. II. 56 It is now that religious observances are in order. The Medawin, the Jesukawin, and the Wabeno societies assemble. a1853 W. W. Warren Hist. Ojibways iii, in Coll. Minnesota Hist. Soc. (1885) V. 65 The grand rite of Me-da-we-win..and the beliefs incorporated therein, are not yet fully understood by the whites. 1859 P. Kane Wanderings of Artist among Indians N. Amer. 4 Their medicine dances [are] called Matayway. 1891 in J. Maclean Canad. Savage Folk (1896) v. 437 In the native religion of the Ojibways, the name of Kitchi Manidu is always mentioned with reverence, and only in connection with a sacred feast.., or the rite of Midewiwin. 1896 J. Maclean Canad. Savage Folk iii. 332 The priest was no doubt ignorant of the exercises of the midawiwin. 1928 Long Lance 50 We used to stand at a distance from the medicine-tepee and listen to the pounding of the big Miteyawin medicine-drum. 1932 D. Jenness Indians of Canada 160 The Ojibwa usually celebrated their Midewiwin or ‘medicine lodge’ in the summer of the ripening of fruits and berries. 1978 J. A. Maxwell America's Fascinating Indian Heritage ix. 336/2 One of the most important institutions in Ojibwa life was the Midewiwin. 1991 Wicazo Sa Rev. Fall 18 In one word, he felt that the Chippewa midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society, was ‘postcontact’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1804
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