Santon

Origin

From French santon, from Spanish santón.

Noun

1. A Muslim holy man.
• 1818, John Keats, "To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.":Part of the building was a chosen see,
  Built by a banished santon of Chaldee ....
2. In France (originally Provence), a small, hand-painted, terracotta figurine of a nativity character.
• 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 49:Also we had brought a huge family of little santons of painted terracotta for the crêche.

Anagrams

• sonant