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laplas

laplas noun: the assistant to a houngan or mambo.

Noun

laplas (plural laplas)

  1. (voodoo) The assistant to a houngan or mambo.
    • The la-place is, in a sense, master of ceremonies for the houngan.1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 156
    • The laplas and the two flag bearers followed Divié all around the poto mitan a number of times as he did this.1995, Marilyn Houlberg, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 277

Forms of laplas

plurallaplas
alternative formla-place

Origin of laplas

From Haitian Creole laplas, from French la place.

Questions about laplas

What does laplas mean?
Laplas means the assistant to a houngan or mambo.
What part of speech is laplas?
Laplas is a noun.
What is the plural of laplas?
The plural of laplas is laplas.

Words near laplas in the dictionary

  1. Laplandish
  2. Laplant
  3. Laplante
  4. Laplantes
  5. Laplants
  6. laplas
  7. lapless
  8. laplet
  9. laplets
  10. Lapley
  11. Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston

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