On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Obeah. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as obi or cult and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Obeah meaning
- A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean.
- A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft.
- A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
Using Obeah
- The main meaning on this page is: A form of folk magic, medicine or witchcraft originating in Africa and practised in parts of the Caribbean. | A magician or witch doctor of the magic craft. | A spell performed in the practice of the magic craft; an item associated with such a spell.
- Useful related words include: obi, cult, cultus, religious cult.
- In the example corpus, obeah often appears in combinations such as: obeah man, obeah is, of obeah.
Context around Obeah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obeah
- In this selection, "obeah" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, magic, spiritualities, man, alleged and gat stand out and add context to how "obeah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of obeah alleged earlier and black spiritualities obeah and myal. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obeah" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obeah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Andrew admit he owed a obeah man. (7 words)
This may explain the creation of the Obeah Man: a voodoo practitioner and aspiring crime boss who fought Batman. (19 words)
Stephanie is a practitioner of Black spiritualities Obeah and Myal, two schools of Jamaican hoodoo and root work based in African traditional religions. (23 words)
Two suspects are headed to court for stealing…but if they are guilty and successful like the COB woman…they will not see jail and might be rewarded with a job at the Central Bank….boy I tell ya Obeah gat yinner can’t even run da place! (48 words)
Everybody hear the argument seh nuff a dem go a obeah man, and come back bout dem haffi sacrifice dem fren and dem family fi meck sure seh the people dem a foreign nuh set duppy pon dem," the woman said. (41 words)
A form of folk magic ( obeah ) is practiced by some Bahamians, mainly in the Family Islands (out-islands) of the Bahamas. citation The practice of obeah is illegal in the Bahamas and punishable by law. (35 words)
Two suspects are headed to court for stealing…but if they are guilty and successful like the COB woman…they will not see jail and might be rewarded with a job at the Central Bank….boy I tell ya Obeah gat yinner can’t even run da place! (48 words)
Example sentences (7)
A form of folk magic ( obeah ) is practiced by some Bahamians, mainly in the Family Islands (out-islands) of the Bahamas. citation The practice of obeah is illegal in the Bahamas and punishable by law.
Andrew admit he owed a obeah man.
This may explain the creation of the Obeah Man: a voodoo practitioner and aspiring crime boss who fought Batman.
Everybody hear the argument seh nuff a dem go a obeah man, and come back bout dem haffi sacrifice dem fren and dem family fi meck sure seh the people dem a foreign nuh set duppy pon dem," the woman said.
Stephanie is a practitioner of Black spiritualities Obeah and Myal, two schools of Jamaican hoodoo and root work based in African traditional religions.
The officer being accused of obeah alleged earlier this year that top cop Wendel Robinson made unwanted sexual advances towards him some time ago.
Two suspects are headed to court for stealing…but if they are guilty and successful like the COB woman…they will not see jail and might be rewarded with a job at the Central Bank….boy I tell ya Obeah gat yinner can’t even run da place!
Common combinations with obeah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- obeah man 3×
- obeah is 2×
- of obeah 2×