santeria
təˈri noun
( sometimes lowercase ) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
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| —n | |
| a Caribbean religion composed of elements from both traditional African religion and Roman Catholicism | |
| [American Spanish, literally: holiness] | |
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santeria
Afro-Cuban religion, 1950, from Sp., lit. "holiness, sanctity."
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