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Meaning of tiponi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A Hopi badge of authority.

Examples

“Of all objects on a Hopi altar perhaps the most important and constant is the badge of office or palladium, known as the tiponi, of the religious society which celebrates the rites about it. The Antelope altar has for the first seven days two tiponis, the Snake and Antelope.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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