obeah
obeah definition
☆ obeah (ō′bē ə)
noun
a form of magic or witchcraft practiced by natives of Guiana, and formerly also in parts of the South and in the West Indies
Etymology: of WAfr orig.
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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