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Word: enfermero (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...Penitentes no longer use nails because too many Cristos have died that way. For 45 minutes the Cristo hangs on the cross while around him his brothers chant, wail, scourge themselves with whips and cactus. Then the victim is cut down, carried back to the morada where awaits an enfermero with brews and unguents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Blood in New Mexico | 3/9/1936 | See Source »

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