Usually means: Afro-Caribbean spiritual and healing practice.
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  1. obeah: Merriam-Webster
  2. obeah: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. obeah: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. obeah: Collins English Dictionary
  5. obeah: Vocabulary.com
  6. Obeah, obeah: Wordnik
  7. obeah: Wiktionary
  8. obeah: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. obeah: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Obeah, obeah: Dictionary.com
  11. obeah: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Obeah (horse), Obeah, Obeah: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Obeah: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. obeah: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. obeah: Rhymezone
  16. Obeah: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. obeah: FreeDictionary.org
  18. obeah: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. obeah: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (obeah)

noun:  A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.
noun:  A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.
noun:  A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
verb:  (transitive) To bewitch using this kind of folk magic.

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