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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_121369" /> == | |||
<p> (from the Portuguese fetisso, "magician," and fetisseira, "witch"), is a general name for the deities of the negroes of Guinea; each differing according to the direction of his masoucki or priest. The natives of [[Africa]] ascribe all their good-fortune to these gods, and make libations of palm wine in their honor. Some birds, the sword-fish, and certain stones are considered fetishes. These deities are worshipped at the foot of certain trees, are adored as household gods, and carried about by the devotees. </p> | <p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A material object supposed among certain [[African]] tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) Any object to which one is excessively devoted. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (a.) Alt. of [[Fetishistic]] </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40096" /> == | |||
<p> (from the [[Portuguese]] fetisso, "magician," and fetisseira, "witch"), is a general name for the deities of the negroes of Guinea; each differing according to the direction of his masoucki or priest. The natives of [[Africa]] ascribe all their good-fortune to these gods, and make libations of palm wine in their honor. Some birds, the sword-fish, and certain stones are considered fetishes. These deities are worshipped at the foot of certain trees, are adored as household gods, and carried about by the devotees. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_121369"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/fetish Fetish from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_40096"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fetish Fetish from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_40096"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/fetish Fetish from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.
(2):
(n.) Any object to which one is excessively devoted.
(3):
(a.) Alt. of Fetishistic
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(from the Portuguese fetisso, "magician," and fetisseira, "witch"), is a general name for the deities of the negroes of Guinea; each differing according to the direction of his masoucki or priest. The natives of Africa ascribe all their good-fortune to these gods, and make libations of palm wine in their honor. Some birds, the sword-fish, and certain stones are considered fetishes. These deities are worshipped at the foot of certain trees, are adored as household gods, and carried about by the devotees.
