POCOMANIA


Meaning of POCOMANIA in English

[ ˌpəʊkə(ʊ)'meɪnɪə ]

■ noun a Jamaican folk religion combining revivalism with ancestor worship and spirit possession.

Origin

1930s: prob. a Hispanicized form of a local word, the second element being interpreted as -mania .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.