santon.
1. = santon n.
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1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 235 The Church-men, Clerks, and Santos.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 150 The Santo's, or Mad-men.
1901 Scribner's Mag. 29 451/1 Like the new bits of cloth sewn on the tattered cloak of a ‘Santo’.
2. A wooden representation of a saint or other religious symbol from Mexico or south-western U.S.
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1834 A. Pike Prose Sketches & Poems 146 The santos and other images had been brought from Mexico.
1948 F. Blake Johnny Christmas i. 19 The lines of prayer benches, the altar with its tapestry and candlesticks, the religious santos set in niches.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 1 May 18/1 Folk sculpture USA... Santos from the Southwest, trade signs, voodoo cult objects.
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