What does shamen mean?
Shamen means (hypercorrect) plural of shaman; the standard plural form is shamans..
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/ˈʃeɪmɛn/ · noun
(hypercorrect) plural of shaman; the standard plural form is shamans..
Encircling the marble altar was a congregation of leering shamen. Eerie chants of a bygone age, originating unknown eons before the memory of man, were being uttered from the buried recesses of the acolytes' deep lings ^([sic]).
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Shamen means (hypercorrect) plural of shaman; the standard plural form is shamans..
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Encircling the marble altar was a congregation of leering shamen. Eerie chants of a bygone age, originating unknown eons before the memory of man, were being uttered from the buried recesses of the acolytes' deep lings ^([sic]).
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