- meaningless incantation or ritual.
- senseless or pretentious language, usually designed to obscure an issue, confuse a listener, or the like.
- an object of superstitious awe or reverence.
- the guardian of western Sudan villages symbolized by a masked man who combats evil and punishes women for breaches of tribal laws.
- foolish religious reverence, ritual, or incantation
- meaningless or unnecessarily complicated language
- an object of superstitious awe or reverence
