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Obeah

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Noun

1. obeah, obi

(West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery

2. obeah, obi

a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obeah

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noun
another word for obi2

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Obeah

see synonyms of obeah
noun
[often O-]
a form of magic or witchcraft practiced by natives of Guiana, and formerly also in parts of the South and in the West Indies

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Obeah

see synonyms of obeah
n. pl. o·be·ahs also o·bis
1. A form of religious belief of African origin, involving sorcery and practiced in Jamaica, some other parts of the West Indies, and nearby tropical America.
2. An object, charm, or fetish used in the practice of this belief.

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