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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: obeah (0.00884 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to obeah.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: obeah
obeah
n : a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft
and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and
tropical Americas [syn:
obi]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: obeah
Obi
\O"bi\, n. [Prob. of African origin.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A charm or fetich. [West Indies] --B. Edwards.
[1913 Webster]
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