"mãe-de-santo" meaning in English

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          "text": "The imprecations of the mãe-de-santo filled the night more than the sound of the different drums that were soothing Ogun.",
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          "ref": "2011, Mattijs van de Port, Ecstatic Encounters, page 197:",
          "text": "His mãe-de-santo, however, insisted that this was the spirit who was taking possession of his body.",
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