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Webster 1913 Edition
Fetish
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Fe′tich
,Fe′tish
,Noun.
[F. , sorcery, charm, fr. L.
fétiche
, from Pg. feiti[GREEK]o
, adj., Noun.
facticius
made by art, artifical, factitious. See Factitious
.] 1.
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.