Definition of Angekok

1. Noun. An Eskimo sorcerer or shaman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Angekok

1. an Eskimo sorcerer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Angekok

anga
angakkuq
angakkuqs
angakok
angakoks
angaria
angarias
angariation
angariations
angaries
angary
angeiology
angeiotomy
angekkok
angekkoks
angekok (current term)
angekoks
angekut
angekuts
angel
angel's advocate
angel's dram
angel's trumpet
angel's wing
angel-wing begonia
angel cake
angel dust
angel dusts
angel fish
angel food cake

Literary usage of Angekok

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America by Frederick Whymper (1868)
"... of goods — The " Schaman " and the "angekok." THAT Russian America is likely to prove a bad bargain to the United States Government, I cannot believe. ..."

2. In Arctic Seas: The Voyage of the "Kite" with the Peary Expedition, Together by Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis (1893)
"THE angekok.— THE FUGITIVE WIFE AND DAUGHTER. — A FOSSIL GLACIER. recollection of the walrus hunting in Smith -L Sound was so pleasant, that the day after ..."

3. The Moravians in Labrador (1835)
"... and Haven entertained by an angekok—his incantations—their parting addresses to each other—the missionaries return to London. WHEN the original Hudson's ..."

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