Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The priestess in voodoo ceremonies.
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Examples
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The _mamaloi_ tore the child from her neck and held it high by one leg.
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On one side of him the cripple appeared; on the other strode the _mamaloi_ -- the child, screaming with fear, on her hip.
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In the light of the fire the _mamaloi_ swayed, holding the screaming child, and close to the flames crouched the cripple.
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The boy knew, and the Cuban, watching him, knew that for every man the Marines had slain, two had joined the Cacos and had sworn the blood-oath before the High Priest and the High Priestess (papaloi and mamaloi) of Voodoo.
Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
hernesheir commented on the word mamaloi
Since you asked, yes, there is indeed a papaloi too.
December 31, 2011