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Voodooism

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 of Hayti, and to some extent in the United States, and is regarded as a relic of African barbarism.

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Cult 76% connected

Attentive care; homage; worship.

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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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Hoodoo 76% connected

One who causes bad luck.

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Voodoo 74% connected

See Voodooism.

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Voodoo 74% connected

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Voodoo 92% connected

See Voodooism.

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Africanize verb · 78% connection

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.

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Anthropomorphist noun · 78% connection

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

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Anthropomorphite noun · 78% connection

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of anci…

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Anthropophagical adjective · 78% connection

Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.

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Anthropophagy noun · 78% connection

The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

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Bewitch verb · 78% connection

To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

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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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Cannibal adjective · 78% connection

Relating to cannibals or cannibalism.

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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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Deathbird noun · 78% connection

Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presa…

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Diabley noun · 78% connection

Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.

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Dispersion noun · 78% connection

The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retaine…

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Emancipation noun · 78% connection

The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of…

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Enchant verb · 78% connection

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites.

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Fetishism noun · 78% connection

Excessive devotion to one object or one idea; abject superstition; blind adoration.

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Funeral noun · 78% connection

The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp.,…

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Human adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human v…

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