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Dybbuk

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Noun

1. dibbuk, dybbuk

(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

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Dybbuk

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noun plural -buks or -bukkim (Hebrew -buˈkim)
Judaism
(in the folklore of the cabala) the soul of a dead sinner that has transmigrated into the body of a living person

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Dybbuk

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noun
Folklore
the spirit of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and possesses it

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Dybbuk

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n. pl. dyb·buks or dyb·buk·im (dĭ-bkĭm, dē′b-kēm)
In Jewish folklore, the wandering soul of a dead person that enters the body of a living person and controls his or her behavior.

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