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Taboo

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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solemn prohibition or interdict among the Polynesians under which a particular person or thing is pronounced inviolable, and so sacred, the violation of which entails malediction at the hands of the supernatural powers.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Taboo'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/taboo.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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