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grand medicine Hist. 
among certain Indian tribes, a solemn initiation ceremony admitting novices to higher knowledge of medicine (def. 1)
See also: medicine (def. 1) midewewin
- 1801 (1897) [We] found the Indians busy making the grand medicine--a ceremony performed every spring, when they meet and there is some novice to be admitted into the mysteries of this solemn affair.
- 1864 Last evening we went over to the Lodges to see a "Grand Medicine Dance."
- 1956 Among the Ojibwa and, to a lesser extent, among their neighbors the Cree, membership in the midewewin, or Grand Medicine Society, was eagerly sought.
- 1801 (1897) [We] found the Indians busy making the grand medicine--a ceremony performed every spring, when they meet and there is some novice to be admitted into the mysteries of this solemn affair.