Rastafarianism
Meanings
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- A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations.
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Etymology
From Rastafarian + -ism, from Amharic ራስ ተፈሪ (ras täfäri, from ራስ (ras, “chief, head”) + ተፈሪ (täfäri, “revered”)), a title of Haile Selassie.
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