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santero
audio pronunciation sant:r
noun (pl. santeros)
1. (in Mexico and Spanish-speaking areas of the south-western US) a person who makes religious images.
2. a priest of the santeria religious cult.
origin Spanish.

Source: Oxford Dictionary of English

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