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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various permanent or portable structures typically heated by fire or by pouring water over hot stones and used by certain Native American peoples to induce sweating, as for medicinal, spiritual, or social purposes.
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- noun A structure in which people expose themselves to high-temperature air, often combined with steam or aromatic substances, as in a
steam bath orsauna . - noun A
ceremony orritual using such a structure, generally for purposes ofpurification .
Etymologies
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sweat + lodge
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