"Santa Muerte" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Santa Muerte (literally “Holy Death”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|es|Santa Muerte|lit=Holy Death}} Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Santa Muerte (literally “Holy Death”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Santa Muerte
  1. A female folk saint venerated primarily in Mexico and among Mexican-Americans in the United States. A personification of death, also associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife. Categories (topical): Death, Gods, Personifications Synonyms (personification of death): Azrael, Death, the Grim Reaper, the reaper, the pale rider, the rider, the angel of death, the Shinigami, psychopomp Translations (patron saint of death): Sfânta Moarte [feminine] (Romanian)

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