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bansantu

ba-NSA-ntu

saints

Generalnoun

French: les saints

Bakristo bakumisaka bansantu.

Christians honour the saints.

Les chrétiens honorent les saints.

Saints — the honoured dead of the faith. Bansantu (ba- + the borrowed "santu") are the saints. In a deeply Christian society, Bakristo bakumisaka bansantu — Christians honour the saints — and their feast days mark the calendar.

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