alcheringa
alcheringa is the alternative form of Alcheringa.
Proper noun capitalized: Alcheringa
Alcheringa (uncountable)
- Synonym of Dreamtime.
- Sometimes the spirit child which goes into a woman is associated with one of the sacred Churinga, numbers of which every Alcheringa individual carried about with him or her (for in those days the women were allowed to carry them just as the men were), and then, in this case, the child has no...1909, William Isaac Thomas, Source Book for Social Origins, page 245
- Amulet stones are traditionally carried for protection and good luck, but Alcheringa Stones have a much deeper property: that of connection to the land, the spirit of the ancestors, and the dreamtime.2012, Judy Hall, Crystals and Sacred Sites
- Synonyms:
- Dreamtime
Synonyms of alcheringa
Forms of alcheringa
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Origin of alcheringa
Borrowed from Eastern Arrernte.
Questions about alcheringa
- What does alcheringa mean?
- Alcheringa means synonym of Dreamtime.
- What is alcheringa the alternative form of?
- Alcheringa is the alternative form of Alcheringa.
- What part of speech is alcheringa?
- Alcheringa is a proper noun.
Words near alcheringa in the dictionary
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