What is "tabagie"

1819, from French tabagie (17c.), from tabac "tobacco" (see tobacco) + -age. A group of smokers who meet in club fashion; a "tobacco-parliament." In German, a Rauchkneipe.

Tabagie is a Native American word for a solemn feast, often occurring near the imminent death of a tribe member. It is generally associated with the Mi'kmaq people of Quebec and Maritime Canada.

The term is also found in The Voyages of Samuel De Champlain, as Algonquins prepare to "put to death their prisoners in a festive tabagie".

In 1603, the tabagie or "feast" of Tadoussac "reunited the Frenchmen Gravé du Pont and Champlain with the Montagnais, the Algonquins, and the Etchimins."

The term may be derived from tabac (tobacco), which was smoked at such feasts.

Tabagie may refer to:

• Tabagie (feast), a traditional festivity among the Algonquin peoples of Eastern Canada
• Tabagie (room), a room designated for smoking tobacco

A tabagie is a room designated for smoking tobacco and socializing.

In modern Quebec French, tabagie refers to a tobacco shop, which in Parisian French is called a bureau de tabac.