| Taboo (taboo) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Ta*boo" |
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A total prohibition of
intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under
pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly
common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction.
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| Taboo (taboo) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Ta*boo" |
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To put under taboo] to forbid, or to forbid the use
of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set
apart as a sanctuary for criminals.
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| Taboo (taboo) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Ta*boo" |
| [Written also
tapu.] [Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under
restriction, a prohibition.] |
Set apart or sacred by religious
custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and
forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe
penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be
taboo.
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