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jonglerie [< Cdn F < F jonglerie sorcery; trickery] 
n. among Indians, a small, hut-like structure used by a medicine man (def. 1a) to demonstrate his magical powers by freeing himself from bonds and conversing with spirits.
See also: conjurer's lodge juggler medicine-man (def. 1a)
- 1859 In the evening our Indians constructed a jonglerie, or medicine lodge, the main object of which was to procure a fair wind for the next day.
- 1955 . . . a Canadian once had the temerity to peep under the covering which enclosed the Jonglerie, but that he got such a fright that he never fairly recovered from it.
- 1859 In the evening our Indians constructed a jonglerie, or medicine lodge, the main object of which was to procure a fair wind for the next day.