Rastafarianism

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Etymology

Rastafarian + -ism, from Amharic ራስ ተፈሪ (ras täfäri), a title of Haile Selassie, from ራስ (ras, chief, head) + ተፈሪ (täfäri, revered).

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Rastafarianism

  1. A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations.

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