[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ghost dance \ghost dance\
   a religious dance of the north american indians, participated
   in by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite of invocation the
   purpose of which is, through trance and vision, to bring the
   dancer into communion with the unseen world and the spirits
   of departed friends. the dance is the chief rite of the

   ghost-dance, or

   messiah,

   religion, which originated about 1890 in the doctrines of
      the piute wovoka, the indian messiah, who taught that the
      time was drawing near when the whole indian race, the dead
      with the living, should be reunited to live a life of
      millennial happiness upon a regenerated earth. the
      religion inculcates peace, righteousness, and work, and
      holds that in good time, without warlike intervention, the
      oppressive white rule will be removed by the higher
      powers. the religion spread through a majority of the
      western tribes of the united states, only in the case of
      the sioux, owing to local causes, leading to an outbreak.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
ghost-dance messiah religion 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ghost dance
     n : a religious dance of native americans looking for
         communication with the dead

Ghost Dance >> G Words
Ghost Dance, definition of term: Ghost Dance
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Ghost >> G Words
Ghost, definition of term: Ghost
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Dance >> D Words
Dance, definition of term: Dance
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Ghost Town >> G Words
Ghost Town, definition of term: Ghost Town
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Dance Step >> D Words
Dance Step, definition of term: Dance Step
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Dance Music >> D Words
Dance Music, definition of term: Dance Music
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Dance Hall >> D Words
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Belly Dance >> B Words
Belly Dance, definition of term: Belly Dance
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Ballroom Dance >> B Words
Ballroom Dance, definition of term: Ballroom Dance
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