A pai-de-santo or pai de santo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpaj d(ʒi) ˈsɐ̃tu], plural pais de santo [ˈpajs d(ʒi) ˈsɐ̃tu]) is a male priest of Candomblé, Umbanda and Quimbanda, the Afro-Brazilian religions. In Portuguese, those words translate as "saint's father", which is a calque (word-to-word translative adaptation) of the Yoruba babalorisha, a title given to the leaders of the African religions that originated the Brazilian ones.
A pai-de-santo or pai de santo (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpaj d(ʒi) ˈsɐ̃tu], plural pais de santo [ˈpajs d(ʒi) ˈsɐ̃tu]) is a male priest of Candomblé, Umbanda and Quimbanda, the Afro-Brazilian religions. In Portuguese, those words translate as "saint's father", which is a calque (word-to-word translative adaptation) of the Yoruba babalorisha, a title given to the leaders of the African religions that originated the Brazilian ones.
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