|
|
Definition of Manitou
1. Noun. A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manitou
1. an Algonquian Indian deity [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manitou
Literary usage of Manitou
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"The Paleozoic section to the east of Pike's Peak, Colorado, in the manitou region
is composed of four members, as follows: (i) a basal Cambrian sandstone; ..."
2. The Wonderlands of the Wild West by Ambrose B. Carlton (1891)
"About midway between these two cities are Colorado Springs and manitou and Pike's
Peak, ... A lateral railway five or six miles long runs out to manitou, ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"manitou, among some tribes of the American Indians, the name of any object of
worship. " The Illinois," wrote the Jesuit Marest, " adore a sort of genius, ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
""If the Indian word manitou," says Palfrey, "appeared to denote something above
or beside the common aspects and agencies of nature, it might be natural, ..."
5. Story Hour Readers by Ida Coe, Alice Christie Dillon (1914)
"manitou AND THE SQUIRRELS " Please tell me one more story about the great ...
She sat down facing him and told him the story of the great manitou and the ..."
Other Resources:
