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santo /ˈsantəʊ /noun (plural santos)(In Mexico and Spanish-speaking areas of the south-western US) a religious symbol, especially a wooden representation of a saint: I asked Quiroz about his mother and the santos she used to sell - saints that could cure illness or a broken heart...- 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.
- 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.
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