{ Fe"tich, Fe"tish (?), n.
}[F. fétiche, from Pg. feitiço, adj.,
n., sorcery, charm, fr. L. facticius made by
art, artifical, factitious. See Factitious.]
1.A material object supposed among certain
African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected
with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the
possessor power to control that being.