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Hoodoo

One who causes bad luck.

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Charm 76% connected

A melody; a song.

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Column 76% connected

A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pillar 76% connected

The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not suppor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Priest 76% connected

A presbyter elder; a minister

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Tower 76% connected

A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Voodoo 76% connected

See Voodooism.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Voodooism 76% connected

A degraded form of superstition and sorcery, said to include human sacrifices and cannibalism in some of its rites. It is prevalent among the negroes…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Fetich 92% connected

Alt. of Fetish

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fetish 92% connected

A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the posses…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Voodoo 92% connected

See Voodooism.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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