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Mumbo Jumbo
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by means of which the women are terrified and disciplined by societies of the men, one of whom assumes a masquerade for the purpose; hence, loosely, any Negro idol, fetish, or bugaboo.
(2):
An object of superstitious homage and fear.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Mumbo Jumbo'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/m/mumbo-jumbo.html. 1828.