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folk saint

folk saint noun: a deceased person or otherwise spiritually powerful entity venerated as a saint, but not officially canonized.

folk saint: a deceased person or otherwise spiritually powerful entity venerated as a saint, but not officially...
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Noun

folk saint (plural folk saints)

  1. A deceased person or otherwise spiritually powerful entity venerated as a saint, but not officially canonized.
    • The shrines of the Virgin of Luján and the Virgin of Itatí are far more commercial than most folk saint shrines, as is (among innumerable examples) the annual fiesta to the Lord of Miracles in Lima.2007, Frank Graziano, Cultures of Devotion: Folk Saints of Spanish America, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 70
    Synonyms:
    popular saint

Synonyms of folk saint

  • popular saint

Forms of folk saint

pluralfolk saints

Questions about folk saint

What does folk saint mean?
Folk saint means a deceased person or otherwise spiritually powerful entity venerated as a saint, but not officially canonized.
What part of speech is folk saint?
Folk saint is a noun.
What is the plural of folk saint?
The plural of folk saint is folk saints.

Words near folk saint in the dictionary

  1. folk religion
  2. folk religionist
  3. folk religionists
  4. folk religions
  5. folk rock
  6. folk saint
  7. folk saints
  8. folk singer
  9. folk singers
  10. folk song
  11. folk songs

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