VOODOOISM

voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism

(noun) a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

voodooism (countable and uncountable, plural voodooisms)

(uncountable) A religious cult, from Haiti, involving witchcraft and sorcery.

(countable) Any voodoo practice.

Source: Wiktionary


Voo"doo*ism, n. Etym: [Probably (through Creole French vaudoux a negro sorcerer) fr. F. Vaudois Waldensian, because the Waldenses were accused of sorcery.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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