Vodou

[ voh-doo ]

/ ˈvoʊ du /

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noun

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

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Compare Hoodoo (def. 1), Santería, Vodun, Voodoo (def. 1).

Origin of Vodou

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

Words nearby Vodou

vocoder, vocoid, VOD, vodcasting, vodka, Vodou, Vodun, voe, voema, voetsek, voetstoots

How to use Vodou in a sentence

Gabriel Bien-Aimé’s “Adam and Eve,” which embodies Haitian Vodou spirits, draws on folk beliefs yet is indisputably fine art.
In the galleries: Artists pair up to create a third identity, or when 1+1 equals one.|Mark Jenkins|November 19, 2021|Washington Post