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Voodoo   /vˈudˌu/   Listen
Voodoo

noun
1.
A charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers.  Synonyms: fetich, fetish, hoodoo, juju.
2.
(Haiti) followers of a religion that involves witchcraft and animistic deities.
3.
A religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities.  Synonyms: hoodooism, vodoun, voodooism.





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"Voodoo" Quotes from Famous Books



... of Prophecy "Dawn with its childish colors Stipples the solemn vault of night; Behind the horizon the sun shakes a bloody fist; Mysteries stand naked by the lakes of mist; Spirits take flight, The medicine man, The voodoo doctor— Witches mount brooms. The day looms. Faster it comes, Bringing young giants Who hate solitude, And march with drums— Beat—beat—beat, Down every ancient street, The young giants! Minded like boys: Action for action's sake they love And ...
— Carolina Chansons - Legends of the Low Country • DuBose Heyward and Hervey Allen
... van-load of useless junk, dirty blankets, decrepit furniture, glittering gewgaws, a black baby squirming naked in a basket of rags with an Episcopal prayerbook under its pillow—relic of the old demon-scaring superstitions of Voodoo worship. Every inch of the walls was "decorated," after the artistic temperament of the race, with pages of illustrated magazines or newspapers, half-tones of all things conceivable with no small amount ...
— Zone Policeman 88 - A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers • Harry A. Franck
... German versions of what is left of the Zend Avesta; encouraged White, Grey and Black Magic, including spiritualism, palmistry, fortune-telling by cards, hot chestnuts, double-kerneled nuts and tallow droppings; would have adopted Voodoo and Oboe had it known anything about them, and showed itself, in every way, one of the most accommodating arrangements that had ever been invented since the ...
— Indian Tales • Rudyard Kipling


Words linked to "Voodoo" :   zombi spirit, witch, hoodooism, cult, zombie spirit, hex, Haiti, zombie, charm, Republic of Haiti, bewitch, fetish, good luck charm, cultus, zombi, religious cult, jinx, vodoun, glamour, enchant


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