plural shamans
1
: a priest or priestess who uses magic for the purpose of curing the sick, divining the hidden, and controlling events
2
: one who resembles a shaman
especially
: high priest sense 3
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With Lottie as their shaman, the girls and Travis (Kevin Alves) practiced tuning into their surroundings, engaging in casual sacrifices (a few drops of blood or dead birds here and there), and ultimately creating a ritual way to hunt, kill, and eat one of their own while food ran scarce.
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
Well, Hyun-ju does beat up the shaman lady, Seon-nyeo, at one time by slapping her.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
One of Seon-nyeo’s followers switches from X to O, looking reverentially up at the shaman.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Or a gathering of healers and shamans in Catemaco, Veracruz, for La Noche de Brujas (Night of the Witches)?
—Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
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Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
Well, Hyun-ju does beat up the shaman lady, Seon-nyeo, at one time by slapping her.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
One of Seon-nyeo’s followers switches from X to O, looking reverentially up at the shaman.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Or a gathering of healers and shamans in Catemaco, Veracruz, for La Noche de Brujas (Night of the Witches)?
—Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shaman
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“Shaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shaman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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