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shamanly

shamanly adjective: of or relating to shamans.

Adjective

shamanly (comparative more shamanly, superlative most shamanly)

  1. (rare) Of or relating to shamans.
    • Barbara Tedlock refers to these K'iche' ritual specialists as priestly shaman and shamanly priest (Tedlock 1993:46-85).2005, Society for Humanistic Anthropology, Anthropology and Humanism, Volumes 30-31

Forms of shamanly

comparativemore shamanly
superlativemost shamanly

Origin of shamanly

From shaman + -ly.

Questions about shamanly

What does shamanly mean?
Shamanly means of or relating to shamans.
What part of speech is shamanly?
Shamanly is an adjective.

Words near shamanly in the dictionary

  1. shamanize
  2. shamanized
  3. shamanizes
  4. shamanizing
  5. shamanlike
  6. shamanly
  7. shamanry
  8. shamans
  9. shamanship
  10. Shamar
  11. shamas

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