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obeah
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WordNet
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n. a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas [syn: obi ]
Wiktionary
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n. 1 A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. 2 A magician or witchdoctor of the magic craft. 3 A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell. ...
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Obeah (sometimes spelled Obi , Obea , or Obia ) is a term used in the West Indies to refer to folk magic , sorcery , and religious practices developed among West African slaves, specifically of Igbo origin. However, Obeah in Jamaica was only associated ...
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Navachristianity of Chusuk, the Buddislamic Variants of the types dominant at Lankiveil and Sikun, the Blend Books of the Mahayana Lankavatara, the Zen Hekiganshu of III Delta Pavonis, the Tawrah and Talmudic Zabur surviving on Salusa Secundus, the pervasive Obeah Ritual, the Muadh Quran with its pure Ilm and Fiqh preserved among the pundi rice farmers of Caladan, the Hindu outcroppings found all through the universe in little pockets of insulated pyons, and finally, the Butlerian Jihad.
When Squire Gooch has been consumed by that other evil, I predict that the trumped-up Obeah will vanish as quickly as it was introduced.
Obeah to that region, I might have guessed at the very moment of my arrival at Bayou-all, when I first heard the grotesque name that had been foisted on the Gooch daughter.