Meaning of ajé | Babel Free
ā.d͡ʒéDefinitions
- wealth, money; economic success
- In the Yoruba religion, the concept of the biological, spiritual, and creative powers (or àṣẹ) of all women and mothers
- The orisha of wealth, economic enterprise, business, economic success in the Yoruba religion, believed to be a daughter of Olókun.
- A female figure with supernatural powers.
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witch, sorceress derogatory, proscribed
Examples
“They are believed to have powers of elemental, biological and artistic creation; healing; destruction; spiritual and physical development and fortification, this is the origin of the association with the term as being a witch.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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