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sanbenito
[ san-buh-nee-toh ]
noun
plural sanbenitos.
- an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-f é.
- a penitential garment worn by a confessed heretic, of yellow for the penitent, of black for the impenitent.
sanbenito
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noun
- a yellow garment bearing a red cross, worn by penitent heretics in the Inquisition
- a black garment bearing flames and devils, worn by impenitent heretics at an auto-da-fé
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sanbenito1
1550–60; < Spanish, named after San Benito Saint Benedict, from its resemblance to the scapular believed to have been introduced by him
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sanbenito1
C16: from Spanish San Benito Saint Benedict, an ironical allusion to its likeness to the Benedictine scapular
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Referencing “Sanbenito†cloaks, which were used to shame criminals during the Spanish Inquisition, Salcedo’s shawls will never keep their wearers warm.
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Sanbenito, san-be-nē′tÅ, n. a garment grotesquely decorated with flames, devils, &c., worn by the victims of the Inquisition—at an auto-de-fe—for public recantation or execution.
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Valer's sanbenito was displayed for a long time in the metropolitan church of Seville.
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