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Master of Life in Indian parlance 
1 the supreme deity of the Crees, Ojibwas, and related tribes, identified by some whites and Christian Indians with God.
See also: Gitchi Manitou
- 1769 (1931) They anciently believed in one God, the ruler and creator of the universe, whom they called The Great Spirit and the Master of Life.
- 1886 The Master of Life had, however, decreed to let them pass, for the thoughts and acts of neither of them had been bad.
2 the Christian God.
See also: Great Spirit
- 1791 Their religion is Catholic, and they have a French priest, or, as the Chippeway Indians term it, "The Master of Life's Man," who instructs them, and performs divine service in the Iroquois tongue.
- 1844 (1955) Many of them refrain from hunting etc. on a Sunday, knowing nothing more than that it is a day sacred to the Master of Life.
- 1921 Every one in that whole brigade of wild men of the wilderness . . . knelt down, and with bowed head, said his evening prayer to The Master of Life.
- 1769 (1931) They anciently believed in one God, the ruler and creator of the universe, whom they called The Great Spirit and the Master of Life.