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n. (alt form bocor English)
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A bokor is a Vodou sorcerer for hire who are said to serve the loa 'with both hands', practicing for both good and evil. Their black magic includes the creation of zombies and the creation of 'ouangas', talismans that house spirits.
The name Bokor can also refer to the leader of the Makaya division of Vodou (which originated in the Congo region) and Bokor also refers to the highest initiation rank in Dominican Vudú.
Usage examples of "bokor".
The speaker, an Andorian named Bokor, sat stone-faced at his table in the Velvet Cluster dining room.
Riker watched the glider sail into the sky, a feeling of despair gripping his chest "That's definitely your man down there in the cage," Bokor told Captain Chakotay as the glider cruised away from the Cardassian garrison.
They follow his bidding in all things, often kidnaping victims chosen by the bokor.
They may not totally believe either, but they will want to and will not think upon the impossibility of defeating the bokor and his powerful magic.
The bokor, swaying from the meathook above the dungeon floor, was already dead.
They were the result of a bokor or sorcerer lobotomizing the victim's personality and higher brain functions through hypnosis, autosuggestion, and a complex pharmacopoeia that included fish, frogs, and ferns.
As the bokor approached the goat with a machete and a bowl, the wind intensified, extinguishing the candles as neatly as if someone had flipped a light switch.
There were no heat signatures for the bokor, the hougan or the mambos.
In Haitian Voodoo, the bokor is a Voodoo priest who performs magic for pay.