Santeria

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  1. noun An African-based religion similar to voodoo, originating in Cuba and Brazil, which combines the worship of traditional Yoruban deities with the worship of Roman Catholic saints.

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  • We had the Mariel boatlift, Rastafarians, Santeria, and the cocaine cowboys. —  Buchanan, Edna - Cold Case Squad (v1.0) (html).html
  • Odds were he'd figure it for some sort of Santeria, as long as Viola stayed still. —  GUDMagazineIssue1::Autumn2007
  • Bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh took the stage at the Catina Los Tres Hombres on Feb. 28 with a new singer named Rome to play a short set of Sublime songs that included "Wrong Way," "Santeria" and the band's biggest hit, "What I Got." —  CHARTattack:News Feed
  • Santeria is an ancient Afro-Cuban religion that mixes Catholicism and traditional African Yoruba faith. —  OnlineAthens: Top Headlines
  • Bestelling author Kathy Reich returns to Charlotte, North Caroline, where Temperance Brennan encounters a deadly mix of voodoo, Santeria, and devil worship in her quest to identify two young victims. —  Richmond.com - Main
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  1. From American Spanish santería, worship of saints, from Spanish santo, saint, from Old Spanish, from Late Latin sānctus; see saint.
 

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