shamanic
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mən, ˈʃeɪ-, ˈʃæm noun
(especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a priest of shamanism |
| 2. | a medicine man of a similar religion, esp among certain tribes of North American Indians |
| [C17: from Russian shaman, from Tungusian ̆saman, from Pali samana Buddhist monk, ultimately from Sanskrit śrama religious exercise] | |
| shamanic | |
| —adj | |
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| shaman (ˈʃæmən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a priest of shamanism |
| 2. | a medicine man of a similar religion, esp among certain tribes of North American Indians |
| [C17: from Russian shaman, from Tungusian ̆saman, from Pali samana Buddhist monk, ultimately from Sanskrit śrama religious exercise] | |
| shamanic | |
| —adj | |
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shaman
1698, "priest of the Ural-Altaic peoples," probably via Ger. Schamane, from Rus. shaman, from Tungus shaman, which is perhaps from Chinese sha men "Buddhist monk," from Prakrit samaya-, from Skt. sramana-s "Buddhist ascetic."
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