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单词 manito
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manito

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man·i·tou

or man·i·tu M0082500 (măn′ĭ-to͞o′) also man·i·to (-tō′)n. pl. man·i·tous or man·i·tus also man·i·tos 1. In Algonquian religious belief, a supernatural power that permeates the world, possessed in varying degrees by both spirits and humans.2. A deity or spirit.
[French, from Ojibwa manitoo.]

manito

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manito

(măn`ĭtō), name used among Native Americans of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock to describe the supernatural power that permeates all things (see animismanimism,
belief in personalized, supernatural beings (or souls) that often inhabit ordinary animals and objects, governing their existence. British anthropologist Sir Edward Burnett Tylor argued in Primitive Culture
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). The idea of a supreme and personified manito, Kitchi Manito, may have been learned from missionaries. Manito is also spelled manitoa, manitua, manitou, and manetto.
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