santon

plural santons

1. A Muslim holy man.

   Part of the building was a chosen see, / Built by a banished santon of Chaldee [...].

   1818, John Keats, To J. H. Reynolds, Esq.

2. In France (originally Provence), a small, hand-painted, terracotta figurine of a nativity character.

   Also we had brought a huge family of little santons of painted terracotta for the crêche.

   1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 49

1. A hamlet in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9312).
2. A depopulated village near Santon Downham, in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8287).
3. A parish of the sheading of Middle, Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3273).