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macumba

[ muh-koom-buh ]

noun

  1. a Brazilian cult incorporating the use of fetishes and sorcery and deriving largely from African practices.

Macumba

/ maˈkumba /

noun

  1. a religious cult in Brazil that combines Christian and voodoo elements

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Word History and Origins

Origin of macumba1

Borrowed into English from Portuguese around 1935–40

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