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medicine dances

medicine dances is the plural of medicine dance.

Meaning of medicine dance

Noun

medicine dance (plural medicine dances)

  1. A ritual dance ceremony performed as a form of therapy.
    • The medicine man, remembering the previous winter's disastrous prediction, decided to cover himself. So he did a medicine dance, threw some spirit dust around and proclaimed, "Winter will be bad."1994, Mike Hayes, Tell Us Anothree! More yarns from all around Australia, Sydney: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, published 2001, page 83

Questions about medicine dances

What is medicine dances the plural of?
Medicine dances is the plural of medicine dance.

Words near medicine dances in the dictionary

  1. medicine cabinet
  2. medicine cabinets
  3. medicine chest
  4. medicine chests
  5. medicine dance
  6. medicine dances
  7. Medicine Hat
  8. Medicine Line
  9. medicine lodge
  10. medicine lodges
  11. medicine man

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