English Explanatory Dictionary

Santa Muerte

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Word forms

Santa Muerte

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Santa Muerte (literally “Holy Death”).

Synonyms

Azrael Death the Grim Reaper the reaper the pale rider the rider the angel of death the Shinigami psychopomp
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