Definitions for shamans

shamans sha·man

Spelling: [shah-muh n, shey-, sham- Shamans is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in shamans (aahmnss).

Definitions for shamans

noun

  1. (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.
  2. (especially among certain tribal peoples) a person who acts as intermediary between the natural and supernatural worlds, using magic to cure illness, foretell the future, control spiritual forces, etc.

Origin of shamans

1690-1700; German Schamane Russian shamán, probably Evenki šamān, samān

Examples for shamans

Thus the shaman planned before the start was made for Midas.

Let a shaman wave vine leaves over her and enforce a little semi-public shaming.

She put on her shaman's dress and about the middle of the day the Cacique of the Sun sent for them.

To hear 26-year-old Jillian Banks talk about her music is like listening to a shaman explain the mechanics of a complex spell.

I had the power of a shaman, though the Holder of the Heavens had not yet spoken to me.

Don't listen to urban people scared of their own shadow, it will be fantastic, and with a Taita [shaman].

All this, and a great deal more, passed through the mind of the shaman.

As the Cofán shaman blew strongly over the cup, I took those few seconds to contemplate how I had managed to find myself here.

He was older than I, but he was also fat, and for all his shaman's dress I was not frightened.

He had never forgiven the shaman, you see, for that old story about the Corn Maiden.

Let a shaman wave vine leaves over her and enforce a little semi-public shaming.

Don't listen to urban people scared of their own shadow, it will be fantastic, and with a Taita [shaman].

All this, and a great deal more, passed through the mind of the shaman.

He was older than I, but he was also fat, and for all his shaman's dress I was not frightened.

He had never forgiven the shaman, you see, for that old story about the Corn Maiden.

She put on her shaman's dress and about the middle of the day the Cacique of the Sun sent for them.

As the Cofán shaman blew strongly over the cup, I took those few seconds to contemplate how I had managed to find myself here.

Thus the shaman planned before the start was made for Midas.

To hear 26-year-old Jillian Banks talk about her music is like listening to a shaman explain the mechanics of a complex spell.

I had the power of a shaman, though the Holder of the Heavens had not yet spoken to me.

Word Value for shamans
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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