English Explanatory Dictionary

cantico

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Word forms

cantico canticos canticoes canticoy kantikoy

Etymology

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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