单词 | myalism |
释义 | myalism/ˈmʌɪəlɪz(ə)m![]() noun [mass noun] A Jamaican folk religion focused on the power of ancestors, typically involving drumming, dancing, spirit possession, ritual sacrifice, and herbalism.He was sometimes called upon by other missionaries to travel to distant places during a revival of obeah and myalism during the early 1840s....
OriginMid 19th century: from myal, in the same sense (perhaps from Hausa mayl 'sorcerer'), + -ism. |
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