Two-spirit

Quick meaning: Two-spirit is an adjective meaning (theology) Involving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism espoused in the so-called Treatise on the Two Spirits in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Meaning

(theology) Involving two spirits; especially, pertaining to the doctrine of dualism espoused in the so-called Treatise on the Two Spirits in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly Canada, US) Of, pertaining to, or being a two-spirit (noun sense).
2. (chiefly Canada, US) A Native North American bisexual, homosexual, or gender-variant person; especially one belonging to a traditional tribal third-gender, fourth-gender, or transgender cultural category that has a ceremonial role.

Example Sentences

The Lakota, by the way, called their Two-Spirits winkte and wapetokeca which means "people with special powers."

[I]t should come as no surprise that many Native American gay, lesbian, transgender, and other two-spirit people consider the term "berdache" derogatory.

A Hupa two-spirit male told me: / I was real feminine as a child, from as early as I can remember. […] Within the family, Indians believe you can be whatever you choose.

Paul's grasp of the [Holy] Spirit as the sign of the erupting messianic age is at odds with the two-spirit thought of Qumran which never became incompatible with law observance.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for two-spirit

Depending on context, synonyms include berdache, hermaphrodite, two-spirited.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include biritual, interfaith, stewish, sabbatical, contrascriptural, soferic.

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