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Definition of Grigri
1. Noun. An African amulet.
Definition of Grigri
1. Noun. (context: climbing) A belay device that incorporates an automatic breaking system. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of gris-gris) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grigri
1. a fetish or amulet [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grigri
Literary usage of Grigri
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baptist Missionary Magazine by Massachusetts Baptist Convention, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1848)
"And as they knew of nothing heuer, they had taken their grigri. But, he said to
me, " 1f you will give us the gospel, we will renounce our grigri. ..."
2. The Baptist Missionary Magazine by Massachusetts Baptist Convention, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1841)
"Their grigri men, who are generally from some distance or of another tribe, being
shrewd men, and capable of performing some juggling tricks, ..."
3. The Religion of the Primitives by Alexandre Le Roy (1922)
"The amulet or grigri 7 is a little object carried on the person, ... The word
grigri has been taken from the native language of the western coast of Africa. ..."
4. A History of American Baptist Missions in Asia, Africa, Europe and North by William Gammell (1850)
"In May, 1838, he returned to the United States, and not long after, in consequence
of his ruined health, withdrew # grigri is a species of witchcraft, ..."
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