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obeah

/oh-bee-uh/US // ˈoʊ bi ə //UK // (ˈəʊbɪə) //

愚人节,淫威,淫秽物品,淫秽

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
    • : a fetish or charm used in practicing obeah.

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Examples

  • The same missionary told me that in Sierra Leone, also, Obeah and poisoning go hand in hand.

  • But the pièce de résistance of the day was to be the examination and probable committal of the Obeah-man of those parts.

  • That spirit belongs to the Obeah, or Fêtish-man; and he puts it, by magic ceremonies, into any object which he chooses.

  • The ceiba is the sacred tree of the negro, the temple of Jumbi, the proper house of Obeah.

  • The rumor got about that Maumee Niña had become an Obeah woman,—a voodoo worker, a witch.