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Brujería
or bru·je·rí·a
[ broo-huh-ree-uh; Spanish broo-khe-ree-ah ]
noun
- a form of witchcraft practiced in Latin America and parts of the West Indies, rooted in a blend of African and Indigenous traditional religions and later influenced by Catholicism: Santería ( def ).
Prior to the Spanish colonization of both the Aztecs and the Taíno people, Brujería was not stigmatized as being dark or evil.
- Usually brujería. a spell, curse, or other instance of this witchcraft:
His recent trips have been afflicted with so many challenges that I almost wonder if there’s some form of brujería at work.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Brujería1
First recorded in 1830–40; from Spanish bruj(a) bruja ( def ) + -ería -ery ( def )
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