noun
A religious and political movement originating in Jamaica in the 1930s that bases its doctrine on selections from the Bible and regards Ethiopia as the Promised Land and Haile Selassie I as a messiah, with many members advocating nonviolence and rejecting materialism.
Origin of Rastafarianism
After Ras Tafari Makonnen, former name of Haile Selassie I, proclaimed a divine being by adherents Amharic ras head, prince rℵšAmharic täfäri feared participle of täfärra to be feared derived stem of färra to fear, respect prh