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bagi

bagi noun: a voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber.

Noun

bagi (plural bagis)

  1. A voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber.
    • The bar was deserted, but when Max Beauvoir and I entered the hounfour there were three of them, sitting with their backs to the ochre walls of the bagi.1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 89
    • The various fronds are fixed in front of the doors of the bagi and the peristyle as well as to the potomitan […].2013, Patrick Taylor, Frederick I. Case, editors, The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions: Volume 1, page 1065

Forms of bagi

pluralbagis

Questions about bagi

What does bagi mean?
Bagi means a voodoo sanctuary or sacred chamber.
What part of speech is bagi?
Bagi is a noun.
What is the plural of bagi?
The plural of bagi is bagis.

Words near bagi in the dictionary

  1. Baghramyan
  2. Baghramyans
  3. baghrir
  4. baghrirs
  5. baghs
  6. bagi
  7. bagie
  8. bagiennik
  9. bagienniks
  10. bagies
  11. Bagillt

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