一切經音義 84.210

84.210

巫覡（刑擊反國語云在男曰現在女曰巫覡能齊肅事神明也說文從巫見聲也）。

Male and female shamans (巫覡: [覡 is] xing-ji fan [xí]. The Guoyu says: “Among males [they are] called xi; among females [they are] called wu.” Xi are those able to be pure and reverent in serving the spiritual luminaries. The Shuowen [jiezi] says: “Formed with 巫 ('shaman') and jian phonetic.”).