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cantico.

A sacred ceremony of the Algonquin tribe that involved dancing in a circle, at which colonists were not welcome.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A sacred ceremony of the Algonquin tribe that involved dancing in a circle, at which colonists were not welcome.

  2. A dance festival in which colonial Americans and natives both participated.

  3. An uproar; activity that is full of high spirits and violent action.

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Where this word comes from

From an south Eastern Algonquian language. Compare a Lenape gen'tke'n ("to sing, dance, etc.") as well as Powhatan kantokan (“dance”) and kantikanti (“dance and sing”).

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