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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:
1800–10
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medicine lodge  
n.  A building or structure used by certain Native American peoples for ceremonies.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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