potomitan

Alternative forms

 * poteau mitan, poteau-mitan
 * poto mitan

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A sacramental post or pillar in the middle of the peristyle in front of a voodoo temple, used as the focus of certain rituals.
 * 2) * 1995,, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 277:
 * Next, swinging a censer, Divié blessed the poto mitan and all the ounsis who raised their skirts and swished them around to get the full effect of the incense.
 * 1) * 1995,, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 277:
 * Next, swinging a censer, Divié blessed the poto mitan and all the ounsis who raised their skirts and swished them around to get the full effect of the incense.