FETICH
\fˈɛtɪt͡ʃ], \fˈɛtɪtʃ], \f_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_tʃ]\
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By Princeton University
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An object, either natural or artificial, considered as possessing divine power, and worshipped, as in W. Africa; any object of exclusive and inordinate devotion; as, gold has become his fetich.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
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