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Obi

noun
1.
(West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery.  Synonym: obeah.
2.
A religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas.  Synonym: obeah.






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"Obi" Quotes from Famous Books



... and evil. But the same belief also exists amongst the Congoese tribes, and even in the debased races of the Niger. Captain William Alien ("Niger Expedition," i. 227) thus records the effect when, at the request of the commissioners, Herr Schon, the missionary, began stating to King Obi the difference between the Christian religion ...
— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 • Richard F. Burton

... long time. Dey try four tracks, all wrong. Den dey try 'nother. Sam say boy tell him try that last, because bad track; lead ober hills, to place where Obi man live. Black fellow no like to go there. Bad men there; steal children away, make sacrifice to fetish. All people here believe that Obi man bery strong. Dey send presents to him to make rain or to kill enemy, but dey no like go near him demselves. Dere was a hut a little ...
— The Queen's Cup • G. A. Henty

... hand to his side as if in pain. I saw that he had been wounded. He recognized me and called me by name, but at the same moment the vision changed to an Ashantee village, where, around the fire, a group of negroes were dancing and participating in some wild Obi festival. I awoke with the strain still ...
— The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales • Bret Harte



Words linked to "Obi" :   West Indies, obeah, cultus, religious cult, the Indies, cult



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