单词 | voodoo priest |
释义 | > as lemmasvoodoo priest a. In sense 1a, as in voodoo ceremony, voodoo priest, voodoo ritual, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > non-European magic (miscellaneous) > [adjective] > of or relating to voodoo voodoo1849 voodooist1921 1849 Madison (Indiana) Weekly Courier 14 Nov. A professed scorceror [sic], who, with several priestesses, performs the ‘wangas’ of the Vaudou ceremonies. 1850 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 6 July 2/6 Adele Catharine, alias Victoire Pellebon, f.w.c. [i.e. free woman of color], and a ‘voudou woman’, was yesterday sent..before the First District Court for trial, on the charge of insulting and abusing an officer in the discharge of his duty. 1887 A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. II. 240 The Voodoo-dance is consecrated as the ‘Jerusalem Jump’. 1903 W. E. B. Du Bois Souls of Black Folk x. 198 The witch-woman and the voodoo-priest became the centre of Negro group life. 1966 Punch 10 Aug. 235/3 The ‘loa’, the demon-gods who take possession of the initiates at Voodoo ceremonies and impose on them their own voice, features, and character. 1995 Focus Aug. 41/1 Saint Peter, for example,..they recognised as Legba, spirit of the crossroads, who..is invoked at the start of every voodoo ritual. < as lemmas |
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