Rastafarianism
Ras·ta·far·i·an·ism
noun \-ē-ə-ˌni-zəm\Definition of RASTAFARIANISM
: a religious movement among black Jamaicans that teaches the eventual redemption of blacks and their return to Africa, employs the ritualistic use of marijuana, forbids the cutting of hair, and venerates Haile Selassie as a god
First Known Use of RASTAFARIANISM
1968
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