WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
San•te•rí•a
(sän′tə rē′ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Religion(sometimes l.c.) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- Latin -ārius -ary) + -ía -ia
- American Spanish, = santer(o) person practicing Santería (Spanish sant(o) saint + -ero
- 1980–85