Santeria


San·te·ri·a

also san·te·ri·a S0079475 (săn′tə-rē′ə, sän′-)n. An African-based religion similar to voodoo, originating in Cuba, which combines the worship of traditional Yoruban deities with the worship of Roman Catholic saints.
[From American Spanish santería, worship of saints, from Spanish santo, saint, from Old Spanish, from Late Latin sānctus; see saint.]

Santeria

(ˌsæntəˈrɪə) n (Christian Churches, other) a Caribbean religion composed of elements from both traditional African religion and Roman Catholicism[American Spanish, literally: holiness]

San•te•rí•a

or San•te•ri•a

(ˌsɑn təˈri ə)
n. (sometimes l.c.) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés. [1980–85; < American Spanish]