Vodou

[ voh-doo ]

noun

1. an Afro-Caribbean religion practiced chiefly by Haitians, deriving principally from West African Vodun and containing elements borrowed from the Roman Catholic religion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vodou¹

First recorded in 1880–85; from an Indigenous language spoken in Benin

Example Sentences

Gabriel Bien-Aimé’s “Adam and Eve,” which embodies Haitian Vodou spirits, draws on folk beliefs yet is indisputably fine art.

From Washington Post