angakok

American  

[ang-guh-kok] / ˈæŋ gəˌkɒk /

Or angekok

noun

1. a shaman in Inuit society.

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Etymology

Origin of angakok

First recorded in 1760–70; from Danish angekok (earlier angekkok ), from Inuit (Greenlandic, eastern Canada) angakkoq

Example Sentences

The angakok is generally not loved—he knows too many unpleasant things that are going to happen, so he says.

From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)

The business of the angakok is mainly singing incantations and going into trances, for he has no medicines.

From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)

"The angakok," or sorcerer of Greenland, "after meeting with tomarsuk, or guardian spirits, sometimes manifested it by his feet sinking into the rocky ground just as if in snow."

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey

The first thing which the angakok or sorcerer, who visits her must do is to free her from these pests.

From Algonquin Legends of New England by Leland, Charles Godfrey

The performance of a self-confident angakok is quite impressive—if one has not witnessed it too many times before.

From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)