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Voodooism
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.