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French translation for "obeah"

 
n. sorte de sorcellerie africaine, sorte de magie africaine
Example Sentences:
1.Their serpentine journey takes them into a part of Manhattan they never imagined could exist: a secretive and deadly hotbed of Obeah, the West Indian Zombi cult of sorcery and magic.
L'enquête de Pendergast et D'Agosta va les conduire vers un lieu de Manhattan qu'ils n'auraient jamais cru possible : un temple secret d'Obeah, un culte antillais de magie et de sorcellerie.
2.Hibbert has been known to write about Rastafarian religious themes as well, and in an early Maytals song, Six And Seven Books of Moses from 1963, he addressed the folk magic of obeah and its use of the occult literature of Biblical grimoires, such as the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses.
Hibbert est connu pour avoir également écrit sur des thèmes religieux rastafariens, et dans une des chansons des Maytals, Six and Seven Books of Moses en 1963, il parle de la magie folklorique d’obeah et de son utilisation occulte de grimoires bibliques, tels que les Sixième et Septième Livres de Moïse.
3.In the Journal of the Assembly of Jamaica, 29–30 March 1733, is a citation for "resolution, bravery and fidelity" awarded to "loyal slaves ... under the command of Captain Sambo", namely William Cuffee, who was rewarded for having fought the Maroons in the First Maroon War and who is called "a very good party Negro, having killed Nanny, the rebels old obeah woman".
Dans le Journal of the Assembly of Jamaica des 29 et 30 mars 1733, un esclave noir qui aurait combattu dans la première guerre contre les marrons, le Capitaine Sambo, aussi connu sous le nom de William Cuffee, était cité dans la rubrique de "l'esclave loyal" en ces termes : car ce très bon Nègre a tué Nanny, la femme rebelle Obeah.
Similar Words:
"obdurateness" French translation, "obduration" French translation, "obdurodon dicksoni" French translation, "obdurodon insignis" French translation, "obe" French translation, "obeckov" French translation, "obecnice" French translation, "obed" French translation, "obed (biblical figure)" French translation