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Shaman

noun

In societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination. Synonym: priest-doctor.

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"Shaman" Quotes from Famous Books

... without speech. Tantlatch drummed with his knuckles on a spear-heft across his knees, and gazed idly along the path of a sun-ray which pierced a lacing-hole and flung a glittering track across the murky atmosphere of the lodge. To his right, at his shoulder, crouched Chugungatte, the shaman. Both were old men, and the weariness of many years brooded in their eyes. But opposite them sat Keen, a young man and chief favorite in the tribe. He was quick and alert of movement, and his black eyes flashed from face to face in ...

— Children of the Frost • Jack London

... lg[^u]'m. The application of remedial drugs is very unfrequent in this tribe; and this is one of the reasons why the term "conjurer" or "shaman" will prove to be a better name for the medicine man ...

— Illustration Of The Method Of Recording Indian Languages • J.O. Dorsey, A.S. Gatschet, and S.R. Riggs

Words linked to "Shaman" : priest, non-Christian priest, shamanize, medicine man