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shamanry

shamanry noun: the activities or craft of a shaman.

Noun

shamanry (uncountable)

  1. The activities or craft of a shaman.
    • "For I am deaf as deaf can be, / Oh, deaf and blind I am! / But dumb I am not yet," quoth she... / "A shaman for his shamanry, A clam-stick for a clam!" "So-so!" cried one, "but thou shouldst die; For clams along the shore!"1918, Lionel Haweis, Tsoqalem: A Weird Indian Tale of the Cowichan Monster, Citizen Print. & Pub., →OCLC

Origin of shamanry

From shaman + -ry.

Questions about shamanry

What does shamanry mean?
Shamanry means the activities or craft of a shaman.
What part of speech is shamanry?
Shamanry is a noun.

Words near shamanry in the dictionary

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

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