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单词 medicine dance
释义

medicine dance


noun

a ritual dance performed by some North American Indians to invoke supernatural assistance as for driving out disease.

Origin of medicine dance

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby medicine dance

medicine ball, Medicine Bow Range, Medicine Bow River, medicine bundle, medicine chest, medicine dance, Medicine Hat, medicine lodge, medicine man, medicine shop, medicine show
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Example sentences from the Web for medicine dance

  • I have also indicated the closest of all known parallels to the Eleusinian in a medicine-dance and legend of the Pawnees.

    The Homeric Hymns|Andrew Lang
  • One speaks of the medicine-dance with respect; another smiles at the name.

    The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions|Carveth Read
  • The tune they sung to the Medicine-dance of the Loucheux, struck me as being soft and pretty.

    Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea|John Franklin
  • It was but the "medicine-dance" of a very old Greek tribal settlement, perhaps from the first with an ethical element.

    Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2)|Andrew Lang
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