| 单词 | medicine society |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmedicine society medicine society n. North American any of the groups of initiated healers or medicine men among American Indians; spec. the Midewiwin (Midewiwin n.) or Grand Medicine Society (Grand Medicine Society n. at grand adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1767 in J. Carver Jrnls. (1976) 108 The [Naudowessee]..have..a particular society into which a member to be admitted requires a great deal of ceremony. This is calld the medicin society. 1856 C. Lanman Adventures Wilds U.S. I. 80 During my stay at Leech Lake I had an opportunity of witnessing a Medicine Dance, and of obtaining some information with regard to the Medicine Society. 1910 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians II. 838/2 There existed among some tribes large medicine societies, composed principally of patients cured of serious ailments. 1992 P. G. Allen Sacred Hoop (new ed.) 87 Initiation into a medicine society or into shamanhood requires a transformation analogous to that experienced by the hunted deer. < as lemmas |
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