1. (n.) A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being.

2. (n.) Any object to which one is excessively devoted.

3. (a.) Alt. of Fetishistic.

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