Definition of "anito" [a•ni•to]

• In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit. (noun)

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• "Now, with their new religious ideas, the Tagáls apply the term anito to any superstition, false worship, idol, etc."
• "They had idols in their houses, called anito, and by the Visayans, diuata."
• "Since the anito is the cause of all bodily afflictions the chief function of the person who battles for the health of the afflicted is that of the exorcist, rather than that of the therapeutist."