Example sentences for: camposanto

How can you use “camposanto” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The place where Chicanos and Mexicanos bury their dead is called a camposanto, a “holy field” or “field of the saints.”

  • See also Altars; Camposanto; Descansos; Hábito; Mandas; Religious Folk Art; Santos

  • A recognizable sign of a colonial frontier camposanto was a large public, eight-foot wooden cross that stood in the front or center of the cemetery.

  • Although some people use the better-known term cementerio, meaning “cemetery,” camposanto is a word still used in many families.

  • See also Altars; Camposanto; Descansos; Día de los Muertos; Nacimiento; Retablos; -Santos


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