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Sorcery practiced in the West Indies
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obeah
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
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. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obi \O"bi\, n. [Prob. of African origin.] A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also obe and obeah .] --De Quincey. --B. Edwards. A charm or fetich. [West Indies] --B. Edwards.
Usage examples of obeah.
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.