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folk saints

folk saints is the plural of folk saint.

Meaning of folk saint

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

Questions about folk saints

What is folk saints the plural of?
Folk saints is the plural of folk saint.

Words near folk saints in the dictionary

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

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