单词 | pipe ceremony |
释义 | > as lemmaspipe ceremony pipe ceremony n. (among some North American Indian peoples) a ceremony involving ritual pipe smoking; cf. sense 27b.Such ceremonies are held for various reasons, such as offering prayers or to seal a covenant. ΚΠ 1873 Anglo-Amer. Times 5 Apr. 13/2 All [the warriors] came in. A big fire was built, the pipe ceremony gone through with again, and then Jack said that he wanted to talk first. 1920 A. B. Skinner Med. Ceremony of Menomini, Iowa & Wahpeton Dakota 279 After the sweat-bath the leaders hold a brief pipe ceremony. 2017 S. E. Griest All Agents & Saints xx. 263 Some tribes started getting inundated by spiritual seekers hoping to try out their sweat lodges, vision quests, pipe ceremonies, and dances. < as lemmas |
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