peyote
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of peyote
1840–50, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl peyotl
Vocabulary lists containing peyote
Example Sentences
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Smith, the Supreme Court upheld the firing of two Native American employees who had been denied unemployment benefits after using peyote, a sacrament in their religious ceremonies.
From Slate • Mar. 12, 2024
The court ruled that the law against use of peyote applied to all, religions groups and nonreligious groups alike.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022
Smith, which was on the surface about the sacramental use of peyote, but ultimately had to do with whether religious beliefs and ceremonies can trump state law.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Native Americans' free-exercise right to ingest peyote was denied in the 1990 Smith decision.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2022
Despite a belief in and a dependence on shamanistic curing or its latter-day counterpart, the peyote curing session, most Washo are willing patients of white doctors.
From Washo Religion by Downs, James F.
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