noun
definition
A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians.
Examples of manitou in a Sentence
Bell gave to the college Manitou Park, a tract of forest land covering about 13,000 acres and situated about 20 m.
Manitou (610o-6300 ft.) a popular summer resort, lies about 6 m.
The Great Manitou awoke and found himself alone.
The animal guardian reappears in the nagual of Central America (see article Totemism), the yunbeai of some Australian tribes, the manitou of the Red Indian and the bush soul of some West African tribes; among the latter the link between animal and human being is said to be established by the ceremony of the blood bond.
They replied it was an immense Serpent, which the Manitou, the Great Spirit, was vomiting forth.
In 1859 a winter mining party coming upon the sunny valley near the present Manitou, near the old Fontaine-qui-Bouille, settled "El Dorado."
In 1872 Manitou (first La Fontaine) was founded.