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1. Totemism: A primitive social system in which members of a clan reckoned kinship through their mothers, and worshiped some animal or plant which they regarded as their ancestor and the image of which they bore tattooed on their persons. Maclennan (in ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
2. Totemism: Derived from the term "ototeman" in the Ojibwe language, meaning "brother-sister kin," Totemism is an aspect of religious belief centered upon the veneration of sacred objects called totems. A totem is any animal, plant, or other object, natural or ... [100%] 2023-02-04
3. Totemism: Derived from the term "ototeman" in the Ojibwe language, meaning "brother-sister kin," Totemism is an aspect of religious belief centered upon the veneration of sacred objects called totems. A totem is any animal, plant, or other object, natural or ... [100%] 2023-02-04
4. Totemism: TOTEMISM to'-tem-iz'-m: How far the belief in totems and totemistic relationships existed in early Israel cannot be discussed at length here. Evidence of the belief in deified animal ancestors is supposed by some writers to be found ... [100%] 1915-01-01
5. Totemism: The word " totem " is used in too many varying senses by students of early society and religion. The term came into the English language in the form of " totam," through a work of 1791, by J. Long, an interpreter between ... [100%] 2022-09-02