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Orenda /noun/ or-en-da
extraordinary invisible power believed by the Iroquois Indians to pervade in varying degrees all animate and inanimate natural objects as a transmissible spiritual energy capable of being exerted according to the will of its possessor
Origin
early 20th century: coined in English as the supposed Huron form of a Mohawk word.
Examples
1. a successful hunter’s orenda overcomes that of his quarry
2. This orenda is your power to do things, your force, sometimes almost your personality.
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