DCHP-2

jonglerie [< Cdn F < F jonglerie sorcery; trickery] DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 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.