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myalism
/ ˈɪəˌɪə /
noun
- a kind of witchcraft, similar to obi, practised esp in the Caribbean
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Derived Forms
- ˈⲹ, noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of myalism1
C19: from myal, probably of West African origin
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In the chequered array of colours which our religious world even now presents, comprising every shade, from Roman Catholicism and Judaism, to Myalism, and providing spiritual gratification for every eye, they still think it, on the whole, desirable that predominance should be given to some one over the rest.
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