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obeah
Part of speech: NounA kind of secret initiation or craft among the negroes of Africa.
Usage examples "obeah":- No Obeah man could ever exercise his will upon me! - "Bat Wing", Sax Rohmer.
- Holding, as they did, in great dread all fetish, or obeah, practices; usually someone amongst them, more cunning than the rest, professed an acquaintance with the supposed diabolical ritual; and gained influence with, and extorted money from, his more timid comrades. - "The History of the First West India Regiment", A. B. Ellis.
- Obeah can be worked by either alone, and is not tied to the presence of the snake. - "West African studies", Mary Henrietta Kingsley.