vodun noun. ['vǝʊdu:n] L19.
[Fon vodũ tutelary deity, fetish. Cf. VOODOO.]
A fetish, usu. one connected with the snake-worship and other rites practised first in Dahomey (now Benin) and later introduced by slaves esp. to Haiti and Louisiana.

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