CALUMET

Calumet

A calumet is a ceremonial smoking pipe used by some indigenous American nations. Traditionally it has been smoked to seal a covenant or treaty, or to offer prayers in a religious ceremony.

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calumet

Noun

  1. A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
    • 1922: THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself. — James Joyce, Ulysses


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