santero

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Spanish

Etymology

santo +‎ -ero.

Adjective

santero (feminine santera, masculine plural santeros, feminine plural santeras)

  1. Excessively devoted to saints
  2. (attributive) saint
    • 2015 September 18, “Los cubanos esperan al Papa del deshielo”, in El País‎[1]:
      El catolicismo convive en Cuba, de igual a igual, con los cultos afrocubanos enraizados en las religiones que trajeron los esclavos, y el esencial sincretismo de la isla hace que muchos cubanos combinen sus ritos santeros con ir a misa.
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