macumba

[ muh-koo m-buh ]
/ məˈkʊm bə /

noun

a Brazilian cult incorporating the use of fetishes and sorcery and deriving largely from African practices.

Origin of macumba

Borrowed into English from Portuguese around 1935–40

Words nearby macumba

maculocerebral, maculoerythematous, maculopapular erythroderma, maculopapule, maculopathy, macumba, macushla, macy, macáu, macédoine, macías nguema

British Dictionary definitions for macumba

Macumba
/ (Portuguese maˈkumba) /

noun

a religious cult in Brazil that combines Christian and voodoo elements