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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

/ ˈܳ /

noun

  1. a religious cult in Brazil that combines Christian and voodoo elements
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of macumba1

Borrowed into English from Portuguese around 1935–40
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Example Sentences

“Nobody wants macumba here,” one of them told Figueiredo, using an ethnic slur, according to testimony he provided to authorities.

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