Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Haiti, the priest in voodoo ceremonies.
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Examples
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The boy knew, and the Cuban, watching him, knew that for every man the Marines had slain, two had joined the Cacos and had sworn the blood-oath before the High Priest and the High Priestess (papaloi and mamaloi) of Voodoo.
Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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