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Example sentences for: camposanto
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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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