Tabus

The town in question, however, some coins of which are extant, was one which claimed to have been founded by one Tabus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Tabus, fasting, and sacrifice were part of the system, and the shaman doctors exercised great influence.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Primitive ethics consists mostly of Tabus -- the things that are forbidden; and all our dim notions of ethics to this day, as well as most of our religions, deal mainly with forbidding.

The Man-Made World; or, Our Androcentric Culture Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1897

He had seen her in blue water: he had seen her readiness to jump to the rescue once when a market-woman, stepping out of a boat to his yacht on the Tabus, plumped in.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868

He had seen her in blue water: he had seen her readiness to jump to the rescue once when a market-woman, stepping out of a boat to his yacht on the Tabus, plumped in.

Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

He had seen her in blue water: he had seen her readiness to jump to the rescue once when a market-woman, stepping out of a boat to his yacht on the Tabus, plumped in.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Tabus, who kept the treasure of the pirate family on the Owl's Nest, and tell her that Ledscha, in this money, sent back the bridal dowry which

Arachne — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

During the voyage he was obliged to undergo severe struggles to keep the oath of secrecy imposed upon him; but perjury threatened him with the most horrible tortures, not to mention the sorceress Tabus, whom he was to meet.

Arachne — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

During the voyage he was obliged to undergo severe struggles to keep the oath of secrecy imposed upon him; but perjury threatened him with the most horrible tortures, not to mention the sorceress Tabus, whom he was to meet.

Arachne — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867

Turning to the freedman, she went on in a louder tone: "You, slave, shall inform Hanno's wife that old Tabus gave the sculptor, whose blindness she caused, the remedy which restored the sight of black Psoti, whom she knew."

Arachne — Volume 07 Georg Ebers 1867