potomitan

词形变化

potomitans 复数 potomitans

别名

poteau mitan poto mitan

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sacramental post or pillar in the middle of the peristyle in front of a voodoo temple, used as the focus of certain rituals.

    Next, swinging a censer, Divié blessed the poto mitan and all the ounsis who raised their skirts and swished them around to get the full effect of the incense.

词源

From Haitian Creole potomitan, and its source, French poteau mitan (“central post”).

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