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santo

[ san-toh, sahn-; Spanish sahn-taw ]

noun

, plural san·tos [san, -tohz, sahn, -, sahn, -taws].
  1. a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern United States.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of santo1

First recorded in 1630–40, for an earlier sense; from Spanish: literally, saint; from Latin sānctus
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Example Sentences

On August 16, 1876, the chapel and its graveyard, Campo Santo, opened.

Perhaps the most famous however, is the former Convento y Templo de Santo Domingo, which is now the Hotel Casa di Santo Domingo.

In a shocking moment, Santo even tells Donatella, “I wish you died with Gianni.”

When John Paul II died in 2005, pilgrims held signs and chanted “santo subito,” or “sainthood now,” at his funeral.

The hotel is home to two restaurants, La Coronela and Santo Vino Bistro, and even makes its own Hotel California Tequila.

In the province of Esperitu Santo, cotton sail-cloth is made; but the chief trade of this place is slaving.

So far as colour is concerned, they have attained no greater success than the Campo Santo frescoes of Cornelius.

Their information came from the janitor, who had it from a servant in Santo Tomas, who had it from an usher.

We should have expected a green dress to agree with the prevision; but it was Sabbato Santo.

Another was sent back to Santo Domingo with what little treasure they had gathered and with an appeal to Encisco to hurry up.

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