medicine lodge


noun
  1. a structure used for various ceremonials of North American Indians.

  2. (initial capital letters) the most important religious society among the central Algonquian tribes of North America.

Origin of medicine lodge

1
First recorded in 1800–10

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medicine lodge

noun
  1. a wooden structure used for magical and religious ceremonies among certain North American Indian peoples

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