sweathouse

sweathouse
sweat·house (swĕtʹhous') n.
Any of various permanent or portable structures typically heated by fire or by pouring water over hot stones and used by certain Native American peoples to induce sweating, as for medicinal, spiritual, or social purposes. Also called sweat lodge.

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