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sangomas

sangomas is the plural of sangoma.

Meaning of sangoma

Noun

sangoma (plural sangomas)

  1. (South Africa and other parts of Southern Africa) A (usually female) traditional healer or herbalist, or witch doctor.
    • The Natal Zulu believes in witchcraft, prophesy, love philtres, and such like. He is firmly fixed in his mind that the witch doctors and sangomas (female diviners) have power to bring rain, to trace spells of witchcraft, to heal by incantation, and to perform sundry other wonders and miracles.1895, J. Forsyth Ingram, “Section III. People, Language, Government, and Settlements”, in The Colony of Natal: An Official Illustrated Handbook and Railway Guide, London: […] Sir Joseph Causton and...
    Synonyms:
    isangoma

Questions about sangomas

What is sangomas the plural of?
Sangomas is the plural of sangoma.

Words near sangomas in the dictionary

  1. Sangngagchhoeling
  2. sango
  3. Sangoan
  4. sangoes
  5. sangoma
  6. sangomas
  7. sangos
  8. Sangraal
  9. Sangrado
  10. Sangrados
  11. Sangrail

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