单词 | peyotism |
释义 | peyotismn. A religious cult of North American Indians in which peyote is taken sacramentally. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > other non-Christian sects > peyotism > [noun] peyote cult1920 peyotism1923 1923 Tablet (Brooklyn) 17 Mar. 11/2 The people told me that they had a Bible in this tipi, their prayer house; and that no one could stop them in their practice of peyotism. 1934 V. Petrullo (title) The diabolic root: a study of peyotism, the new Indian religion, among the Delawares. 1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound 223 Henceforth the Indians turned..to pacific cults like peyotism. 2005 R. C. Fuller in B. R. Taylor et al. Encycl. Relig. & Nature II. 1275/1 In more recent years, peyotism has been instrumental in reinforcing commitment to environmental activism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1923 |
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