Obeah
Example Sentences
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He studied anthropology at Harvard University and published several papers on Afro-Jamaican folklore and obeah, a spiritual practice combining Christian and African rituals.
From Washington Post
It also corresponds with the obeah of the West Indies, the ubio of the Efik race, a charm put into the ground to hurt or kill.
From Project Gutenberg
Your obeah charlatans are grovelling in their cellars.
From Project Gutenberg
He seemed to see again the obeah, as that monster advanced upon the girl, clutching, supremely hideous.
From Project Gutenberg
By the glare Allan noticed that the man's jaw hung oddly awry, even as the obeah's had hung, in Madison Forest.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
