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vodun

noun

Meaning

  1. Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
  2. The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
  3. Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.
  4. One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.

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Sources

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