Obi : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Obi	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obi n (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery Synonym(s): obeah, obi a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas Synonym(s): obeah, obi
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obi \O"bi\, n. [Prob. of African origin.] 1. A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also {obe} and {obeah}.] --De Quincey. --B. Edwards.