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词汇 santero
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Definition of santero in English:

santero

nounPlural santeros sanˈtɛːrəʊsänˈterō
  • 1(in Mexico and Spanish-speaking areas of the south-western US) a person who makes religious images.

    (墨西哥和美国西南部讲西班牙语地区)宗教肖像制作人

    a visual arts show will include five works by santero Patrocinio Barela
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Vietnam veteran who after the war loses himself in drugs and failed relationships, Francisco finds his calling as a santero, a maker of bultos (figures of saints carved from wood), whose creations are guided by divine inspiration.
    • These religious affiliations gave the weekly pena a wide base of popular support, and it wasn't long before it expanded to involve numerous local residents, musicians, and santeros.
    • While his works and those of many other accomplished santeros are painted, the Spanish colonial tradition also includes nonpainted santos.
    • These days there are so many santeros (crafters of santos) that one enthusiastic collector says, ‘It's like there's a wood-carver behind every tree.’
    • Unfortunately (at least, given the demands of orientalist discourse), as exotic as santero art might be, all the early santeros were male.
  • 2A priest of the santeria religious cult.

    萨泰里阿教的祭司

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A pungent mix of sage and frankincense fumes away in a censer on the front counter, while in the back, a row of nervous customers await their consultation with Obaike, the in-house santero, or spirit doctor.
    • Have you considered going to a santero (I'm not sure if the same term is used in Candomblé) and asking for help or advice?
    • Folk medicine practitioners such as curanderos, spiritualists, and santeros are sometimes consulted when physical symptoms suggest a folk illness such as mal ojo (evil eye) or susto.
    • A Manhattan-based santero priestess describes mercury as ‘a magnet that brings luck and love.’
    • As an anglo santero, for example, you might be playing out the roles inscribed by colonial culture, but you're enacting a taboo - ‘going native.’

Origin

Spanish.

Definition of santero in US English:

santero

nounsänˈterō
  • 1(in Mexico and Spanish-speaking areas of the southwestern US) a person who makes religious images.

    (墨西哥和美国西南部讲西班牙语地区)宗教肖像制作人

    a visual arts show will include five works by santero Patrocinio Barela
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Unfortunately (at least, given the demands of orientalist discourse), as exotic as santero art might be, all the early santeros were male.
    • While his works and those of many other accomplished santeros are painted, the Spanish colonial tradition also includes nonpainted santos.
    • A Vietnam veteran who after the war loses himself in drugs and failed relationships, Francisco finds his calling as a santero, a maker of bultos (figures of saints carved from wood), whose creations are guided by divine inspiration.
    • These religious affiliations gave the weekly pena a wide base of popular support, and it wasn't long before it expanded to involve numerous local residents, musicians, and santeros.
    • These days there are so many santeros (crafters of santos) that one enthusiastic collector says, ‘It's like there's a wood-carver behind every tree.’
  • 2A priest of the santeria religious cult.

    萨泰里阿教的祭司

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A pungent mix of sage and frankincense fumes away in a censer on the front counter, while in the back, a row of nervous customers await their consultation with Obaike, the in-house santero, or spirit doctor.
    • As an anglo santero, for example, you might be playing out the roles inscribed by colonial culture, but you're enacting a taboo - ‘going native.’
    • Have you considered going to a santero (I'm not sure if the same term is used in Candomblé) and asking for help or advice?
    • Folk medicine practitioners such as curanderos, spiritualists, and santeros are sometimes consulted when physical symptoms suggest a folk illness such as mal ojo (evil eye) or susto.
    • A Manhattan-based santero priestess describes mercury as ‘a magnet that brings luck and love.’

Origin

Spanish.

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