Obeah

Word OBEAH
Character 5
Hyphenation o be ah
Pronunciations /ˈəʊbɪə/

Definitions and meanings of "Obeah"

What do we mean by obeah?

A form of religious belief of African origin, involving sorcery and practiced in Jamaica, some other parts of the West Indies, and nearby tropical America. noun

An object, charm, or fetish used in the practice of this belief. noun

Same as obi. noun

A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practiced in parts of the Caribbean. noun

(West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery noun

A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas noun

A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.

A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.

A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.

Southern Carribean form of the practice of voodoo. Originating in the British West Indies. Urban Dictionary

A movement where people outside the traditional Obeah homeland are adopting and promoting the Obeah religion. Most of the new converts are in the United States, but there are many in all the other countries of the developed world. Obeah was introduced to the United States by African Americans but has also been adopted by many people in the white community. Urban Dictionary

Another name for a doctor that practices poor medicine and believes he’s God’s gift to humanity Smells bad and enjoys interfering with underage girls Urban Dictionary

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The word "obeah" in example sentences

British West Indies under that of "obeah," and which sometimes lead even to human sacrifices. ❋ Otto Schoenrich (N/A)

It is believed the items were part of an "obeah" ritual done by a criminal defendant, who hoped for supernatural intervention that his court case would be dismissed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If Hinds was living in an area of the Caribbean where old folklore is alive and well, he might have thought that he was the target of an 'obeah' curse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The slave owners were encouraged to insist on conversion of the slaves to Christianity as a way of de-popularizing the obeah religion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Does the inclusion of obeah as a real force in 18th century novels about slavery make them horror, or fantasy, or are the authors using an element of the spooky unknown in some sort of larger context? ❋ Unknown (2010)

They were Jamaican ghosts who could be summoned from the grave and made to do the bidding of an obeah man. ❋ Susan Hubbard (2010)

Crack was still the kinder-chanting sing-song thing you avoided on the sidewalk -- in order not to break your Momma's back -- and not an extended enchanted evening of white-rocked witchcraft inculcated by a dangerously ambitious Bad Lieutenant Colonel and teenage obeah men carrying divination rods that resembled AR-15's. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"In Jamaica, when you work tricks, people say yuh a work obeah and yuh a work voodoo; but it's nothing like that, they are all just tricks," joked Panton. ❋ Christopher (2008)

Thus, those who practised obeah, ‘necromancy’ or engaged in supernatural practices, are encouraged to continue to prey on their victims with impunity as they enrich themselves with unjust earnings. ❋ Christopher (2008)

A woman who claimed she could help another get pregnant by using obeah and took over $1.5 million in cash an jewellery to do so was yesterday jailed for one year when she appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate's Court. ❋ Christopher (2008)

Magistrate Fazil Azeez also fined Sharon Lall, who pleaded guilty to a charge of practicing obeah to defraud, $20,000. ❋ Christopher (2008)

It is a known fact that that obeah was so active in Guiana that the government was practical enough to legalize the practice. ❋ Christopher (2007)

As time went on, that custom was commercialized into obeah or witchcraft. ❋ Christopher (2007)

The obeah man or woman man is in demand in all the formerly colonized Caribbean, the United States St. Croix, the nearest to Haiti where voodoo is god, in England, in Canada and in the French Protectorates. ❋ Christopher (2007)

['im] workin' Obeah' obeh [man/woman] ❋ The Ashman (2005)

He's in the Obeah movement. ❋ Judge Dredd7 (2011)

This [doctor] knows nothing [he’s] such an [obeah] ❋ Shawdy Is A Melody (2021)

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