a wooden structure used for magical and religious ceremonies among certain Native American peoples
medicine lodge in American English
noun
1.
a structure used for various ceremonials of North American Indians
2. (caps)
the most important religious society among the central Algonquian tribes of North America
Word origin
[1800–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1800–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Caucasian, gong, jumbo, peripheral, rejuvenate