sacred emblem, representation of sacred object revered by clans and tribes
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Totem Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.
totem
\to"tem\ (?), n. [massachusetts indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs.] a rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the north american indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan. and they painted on the grave posts of the graves, yet unforgotten, each his own ancestral totem each the symbol of his household; figures of the bear and reindeer, of the turtle, crane, and beaver. the totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends to the clan and watches over it.
totem
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1. a clan identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
2. emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among american indians)
similar words(1)
totem pole
motet
1. An animal, a plant, or a natural object serving among certain tribal or traditional peoples as the emblem of a clan or family and sometimes revered as its founder, ancestor, or guardian. A representation of such
an object. A social group having a common affiliation to such an object.
2. A venerated emblem or symbol: "grew up with the totems and taboos typical of an Irish Catholic kid in Boston" (Connie Paige).
an object. A social group having a common affiliation to such an object.
2. A venerated emblem or symbol: "grew up with the totems and taboos typical of an Irish Catholic kid in Boston" (Connie Paige).
Noun
1. a clan identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
(hypernym) kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe
2. emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)
(hypernym) emblem
(classification) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
Totem Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement (TOTEM) is one of the seven detector experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The other six are: ATLAS, ALICE, CMS, LHCb, LHCf, and MoEDAL. It shares intersection point IP5 with the Compact Muon Solenoid. The detector aims at measurement of total cross section, elastic scattering and diffractive processes.
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A totem is a stipulated ancestor of a group of people, such as a family, clan, group, lineage, or tribe.
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Tótem was an Uruguayan Rock band formed in the early 1970s. One of the most important massive phenomena of Uruguayan music and represented the height of the Candombe beat.
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