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Obi

A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies.

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Cult 76% connected

Attentive care; homage; worship.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cultus 76% connected

Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf. Cult, 2.

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Obeah 92% connected

Same as Obi.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society; "the institution of marriage"; "the institution…

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Organized religion noun · 85% connection

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Levirate noun · 84% connection

the biblical institution whereby a man must marry the widow of his childless brother in order to maintain the brother's line

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Abecedarian noun · 83% connection

a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who had an absolute disdain for human knowledge

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Africanize verb · 78% connection

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, sorcery, probably, african, origin.
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Agouty noun · 78% connection

A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species i…

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Booby noun · 78% connection

A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is s…

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Buckra noun · 78% connection

A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.

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Bull brier unknown · 78% connection

A species of Smilax (S. Pseudo-China) growing from New Jersey to the Gulf of Mexico, which has very large tuberous and farinaceous roo…

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Cero noun · 78% connection

A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less common…

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Chigre noun · 78% connection

A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of…

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Colored adjective · 78% connection

Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.

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Copaiva noun · 78% connection

A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South Ameri…

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Egg-bird noun · 78% connection

A species of tern, esp. the sooty tern (Sterna fuliginosa) of the West Indies. In the Bahama Islands the name is applied to the tropic…

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Eysell noun · 78% connection

Same as Eisel. F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. Th…

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Fan palm unknown · 78% connection

Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in t…

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Flamboyer noun · 78% connection

A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia.

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Gama grass unknown · 78% connection

A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Sou…

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