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totem
(encz) | totem,totem n: web |
totem
(czen) | totem,totemn: web |
totem
(czen) | totem,totem polen: Zdeněk Brož |
Totem
(gcide) | Totem \To"tem\, n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to
which a person or place belongs.]
1. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by
the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as
of a family or a clan; also, the object or animal itself,
considered as an symbol of the family.
[1913 Webster]
And they painted on the grave posts
Of the graves, yet unforgotten,
Each his own ancestral totem
Each the symbol of his household;
Figures of the bear and reindeer,
Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. --Longfellow.
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The totem, the clan deity, the beast or bird who in
some supernatural way attends to the clan and
watches over it. --Bagehot.
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2. Anything which serves as a venerated or mystic symbol or
emblem.
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totem
(wn) | totem
n 1: a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common
totemic object
2: emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant;
serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among
American Indians) |
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low on the totem pole
(encz) | low on the totem pole, |
totem pole
(encz) | totem pole,totem n: Zdeněk Brož |
totemic
(encz) | totemic,totemový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
totemism
(encz) | totemism,totemismus Zdeněk Brož |
totemismus
(czen) | totemismus,totemism Zdeněk Brož |
totemový
(czen) | totemový,totemicadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Totem
(gcide) | Totem \To"tem\, n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to
which a person or place belongs.]
1. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by
the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as
of a family or a clan; also, the object or animal itself,
considered as an symbol of the family.
[1913 Webster]
And they painted on the grave posts
Of the graves, yet unforgotten,
Each his own ancestral totem
Each the symbol of his household;
Figures of the bear and reindeer,
Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
The totem, the clan deity, the beast or bird who in
some supernatural way attends to the clan and
watches over it. --Bagehot.
[1913 Webster]
2. Anything which serves as a venerated or mystic symbol or
emblem.
[PJC] |
Totem pole
(gcide) | Totem pole \To"tem pole\ or Totem post \To"tem post\
A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic
symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of
the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the
Koluschan stock.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Totem post
(gcide) | Totem pole \To"tem pole\ or Totem post \To"tem post\
A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic
symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of
the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the
Koluschan stock.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Totemic
(gcide) | Totemic \To*tem"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
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Totemism
(gcide) | Totemism \To"tem*ism\, n.
1. The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a
tribe by the totem.
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2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real
or imaginary object; nature worship. --Tylor.
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Totemist
(gcide) | Totemist \To"tem*ist\, n.
One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. --
To`tem*is"tic, a.
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Totemistic
(gcide) | Totemist \To"tem*ist\, n.
One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. --
To`tem*is"tic, a.
[1913 Webster] Totem pole |
totem pole
(wn) | totem pole
n 1: a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted
with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the
northwest Pacific coast |
totemic
(wn) | totemic
adj 1: relating to totemism; "totemic object" |
totemism
(wn) | totemism
n 1: belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common
totem |
totemist
(wn) | totemist
n 1: a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem |
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