mãe-de-santo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

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"The imprecations of the mãe-de-santo filled the night more than the sound of the different drums that were soothing Ogun."
"His mãe-de-santo, however, insisted that this was the spirit who was taking possession of his body."

From Portuguese mãe-de-santo, translating Yoruba ìyálórìṣà.

mães-de-santo (plural) mãe-de-santos (plural)

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