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Pai-de-santo

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A Pai-de-santo is a male priest in Umbanda, Candomblé and other African-Brazilian religions. In Portuguese those words means Father of Saints, which is a literal translation from the Yoruba language title given to priest men: "Babalorishá". Babá means father, and the contraction l'Orishá means "of Orishá". As a product of the syncretism, the word Orishá (elevated or ancestral spirit) was improperly translated into Portuguese as saint.

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