papaloi
/ˈpapəlwɑː/(also papa loa, papa loi)
noun
Chiefly in Haiti: a male voodoo priest.
Origin
Late 19th century. From Haitian Creole papalwa from Yoruba babaláwo priest devoted to Ifá divination, after French papa father. Compare earlier Babalawo.
- palafitte
- palagi
- palagonite
- palagonite tuff
- palagonitic
- palagonitisation
- palagonitised
- palagonitization
- palagonitized
- Palaic
- Palaiologan
- Palaiologian
- palais
- palais de danse
- Palais de Justice
- Palais de l'Elysée
- palais glide
- Aegipan
- aegirine
- aegirite
- aegis
- Aegisthus
- aegithognathism
- aegithognathous
- aegophonic