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m4nitous

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noun

plural noun: manitous


 * 1) (among certain Algonquian North American Indians) a good or evil spirit as an object of reverence.

= manitou = noun man·i·tou | \ˈma-nə-ˌtü  \

variants: or manitu or less commonly manito \-ˌtō  \

Examples of manitou in a Sentence
Straub actually does something like that in Ghost Story—the monster, the manitou figure in Ghost Story, is another kind of a mirror, another kind of reflector.— Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, "What’s So Great About Kids Fighting Monsters?," 23 Sep. 2017

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Manitou, among Algonquian-speaking peoples of North America, the spiritual power inherent in the world generally. Manitous are also believed to be present in natural phenomena (animals, plants, geographic features, weather); they are personified as spirit-beings that interact with humans and each other and are led by the Great Manitou (Kitchi-Manitou). The word was frequently used by 19th-century and early 20th-century anthropologists in their theories of animism, a religious system characteristic of many indigenous people