laplas

English

Etymology

From Haitian Creole laplas, from French la place.

Noun

laplas (plural laplas)

  1. (voodoo) The assistant to a houngan or mambo.
    • 1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company 2004, p. 156:
      The la-place is, in a sense, master of ceremonies for the houngan.
    • 1995, Marilyn Houlberg, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 277:
      The laplas and the two flag bearers followed Divié all around the poto mitan a number of times as he did this.
    • 2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books 2007, p. 48:
      The reine dwapo and the laplas swing the flags and the sword and salute the cardinal points and the congregation.

Alternative forms
  • la-place

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