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Vodou
[ voh-doo ]
noun
- an Afro-Caribbean religion practiced chiefly by Haitians, deriving principally from West African Vodun and containing elements borrowed from the Roman Catholic religion.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Vodou1
First recorded in 1880–85; from an Indigenous language spoken in Benin
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Example Sentences
Gabriel Bien-Aimé’s “Adam and Eve,” which embodies Haitian Vodou spirits, draws on folk beliefs yet is indisputably fine art.
From Washington Post
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