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Candomblé

Candomblé proper noun: a religion, practiced mostly in Brazil, that blends African and Roman Catholic elements.

Proper noun

Candomblé

  1. A religion, practiced mostly in Brazil, that blends African and Roman Catholic elements.
    • It wasn’t until the 20th century that mainstream society began to tolerate expressions of Candomblé in an effort to recognize Brazil’s African heritage and cultivate a stronger Brazilian national identity, said Luis Nicolau Parés, a professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia in...2024 May 18, Orlando Mayorquín, quoting Luis Nicolau Parés, “Backlash to Anitta’s Music Video Evokes a Painful History in Brazil”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of Candomblé

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Candomblé, from Kimbundu kandombe + Yoruba ilé (“house”), meaning “candombe house”.

Questions about Candomblé

What does Candomblé mean?
Candomblé means a religion, practiced mostly in Brazil, that blends African and Roman Catholic elements.
What part of speech is Candomblé?
Candomblé is a proper noun.

Words near Candomblé in the dictionary

  1. candoluminescence
  2. candoluminescent
  3. candombe
  4. candombes
  5. Candomblecist
  6. Candomblé
  7. Candon
  8. Candoni
  9. candonid
  10. candonids
  11. candonine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Candomblé (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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