obeah

(noun, verb)

noun

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

Similar word(s): obi

Definition categories: group, cult

2. a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas

Similar word(s): obi

Definition categories: thought, cult, cultus

verb

1. (transitive) To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.