ti bon ange
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
In voodoo, one of the dualistic aspects of the soul, responsible for personality, character, and willpower.
Example Sentences
- "Indeed it is characteristic of the almost anonymous, transcendent, spiritual nature of the ti-bon-ange that it is automatically liberated at the moment of death and hovers over the body for nine days before ascending to heaven."
- "Throughout this period the ti bon ange is extremely vulnerable, and it is not until it is liberated from the flesh to descend below the dark abysmal waters that it is relatively safe."
- "For them, the act of zombification is a matter of capturing the ti bon anj and thus exerting an absolute power over the individual."
- "Here we begin to see that there is a cooperative relationship between the tibonanj and the gwobonanj."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French