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manitu

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man⋅i⋅tou

  [man-i-too]
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–noun, plural -tous, (especially collectively) -tou.
(among the Algonquian Indians) a supernatural being that controls nature; a spirit, deity, or object that possesses supernatural power.
Also, man⋅i⋅to  [man-i-toh] , man⋅i⋅tu  [man-i-too] .

Origin:
1605–15; < Unami Delaware monə́t⋅u, reinforced by or reborrowed from Ojibwa manito⋅ and other cognates (all < Proto-Algonquian *maneto⋅wa); sp. influenced by equivalent F word
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man·i·tou or man·i·tu   (mān'ĭ-tōō')   
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 spiritual and human beings.

  2. A deity or spirit.


[French, from Ojibwa manitoo.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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