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medicine dance

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medicine dance

–noun
a ritual dance performed by some North American Indians to invoke supernatural assistance as for driving out disease.

Origin:
1800–10
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medicine dance  
n.  A ritual dance performed by some Native American peoples to obtain supernatural assistance, as in healing or crop control.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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