| 单词 | canoe burial |
| 释义 | > as lemmascanoe burial canoe burial n. a funerary ritual in which the body is buried with a canoe or (among some indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest) placed inside an elevated canoe; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1857 H. R. Schoolcraft Hist. Indian Tribes U.S. VI. xxv. ii. 619 The ritual of canoe burial, as practised by the Chinooks, at the mouth of the Columbia. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind xii. 352 With this belief the canoe-burial of the North West and of Patagonia hangs together. 2014 Oregon Hist. Q. 115 338 These missionaries and settlers were fascinated by canoe burials and other forms of interment. < as lemmas |
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