Obeah

nounid 101785·updated May 18, 2026
verified

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

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

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Variants

synonym
obi
plural
Obeahs
possessive
Obeah's
pluralpossessive
Obeahs'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery
§2
(West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
(West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
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