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词汇 santo
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Definition of santo in English:

santo

nounPlural santos ˈsantəʊˈsän-
  • (in Mexico and Spanish-speaking areas of the south-western US) a religious symbol, especially a wooden representation of a saint.

    (墨西哥和美国西南部讲西班牙语地区的)圣者像(尤指圣徒木雕像)

    I asked Quiroz about his mother and the santos she used to sell - saints that could cure illness or a broken heart
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rather than wait for deliveries of artwork for churches and shrines, an enterprising lot of wood-carvers began carving and painting santos, or religious images, a tradition that continues in northern New Mexico.
    • Hispanic creators of santos - carved and painted depictions of the Catholic saints - displayed their work at San Felipe Cathedral in Old Town.
    • For both Fiesta Sunday and All Saints Day, we use santos (painted wood panels of saints) and bultos (carved wooden statues of saints) on the altar.
    • Many Dominicans believe that the Catholic saints possess a kind of magical power, and express this belief in santos cults.
    • Composed of hundreds of ephemeral objects, from sugar cookies to vials of cheap perfume to devotional candles, popular santos, kitschy trinkets and cans of Goya beans, ‘Infinito Botanica’ is a vast still life.

Origin

Spanish or Italian.

Definition of santo in US English:

santo

nounˈsän-
  • (in Mexico and Spanish-speaking areas of the southwestern US) a religious symbol, especially a wooden representation of a saint.

    (墨西哥和美国西南部讲西班牙语地区的)圣者像(尤指圣徒木雕像)

    I asked Quiroz about his mother and the santos she used to sell - saints that could cure illness or a broken heart
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Composed of hundreds of ephemeral objects, from sugar cookies to vials of cheap perfume to devotional candles, popular santos, kitschy trinkets and cans of Goya beans, ‘Infinito Botanica’ is a vast still life.
    • Rather than wait for deliveries of artwork for churches and shrines, an enterprising lot of wood-carvers began carving and painting santos, or religious images, a tradition that continues in northern New Mexico.
    • Many Dominicans believe that the Catholic saints possess a kind of magical power, and express this belief in santos cults.
    • For both Fiesta Sunday and All Saints Day, we use santos (painted wood panels of saints) and bultos (carved wooden statues of saints) on the altar.
    • Hispanic creators of santos - carved and painted depictions of the Catholic saints - displayed their work at San Felipe Cathedral in Old Town.

Origin

Spanish or Italian.

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