obeah

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.
2. noun A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.
3. noun A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
4. verb To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.

Similar words

obi voodoo voodooism sorcery goozoo pocomania balmyard orpeko macumba mundunugu

Often followed by

man and is men woman in was as practitioners

Word family

Obeah Obeahs obeahs obi obis