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DictionarymedicineSacred healing
noun

medicine

Sacred power associated with healing in some Indigenous traditions.

The exhibit explains medicine as sacred healing power in a particular Indigenous tradition.

Etymology
medicineLatinhealing art

English medicine originally concerned healing. In descriptions of some Indigenous traditions, it was extended to sacred or spiritual power associated with healing and protection; the particular meanings vary by tradition.

More examples

  • The narrator distinguishes spiritual medicine from a bottle of ordinary medicine.
  • The historian discusses the community's understanding of medicine.
  • The essay warns against assuming that medicine has the same sacred meaning in every Indigenous tradition.

Forms

medicine