Rastafarianism
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Rastafarian + -ism, from Amharic ራስ ተፈሪ (ras täfäri), a title of Haile Selassie, from ራስ (ras, “chief, head”) + ተፈሪ (täfäri, “revered”).
Proper nounEdit
Rastafarianism
- A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations.
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Coordinate termsEdit
- (religions) religion; agnosticism, Asatru, atheism, Ayyavazhi, Baháʼí Faith, Bon, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Cheondoism, Christianity, deism, Druidry, Druze, Eckankar, Heathenry, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jediism, Judaism, Kimbanguism, Odinism, paganism, Pastafarianism, Raëlism, Rastafarianism, Rodnovery, Romuva, Samaritanism, Sanamahism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Thelema, Unitarian Universalism, Wicca, Yahwism, Yazidism, Yoruba, Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
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TranslationsEdit
religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s
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