sanbenito
[san-buh-nee-toh]
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noun, plural san·be·ni·tos. (under the Spanish Inquisition)
an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
a penitential garment worn by a confessed heretic, of yellow for the penitent, of black for the impenitent.
Origin of sanbenito
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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Historical Examples of sanbenito
I would rather have put on a sanbenito myself than have gone there.
The Spanish BrothersDeborah Alcock
He had received 150,000 maraveds by selling to penitents exemptions from wearing the sanbenito, or penitential garment.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1Henry Charles Lea
This saco bendito became known as the sanbenito or, more commonly, abito and was necessarily inherited by the new Inquisition.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3Henry Charles Lea
Two years and a half were spent on the trials of Diego and Ana, ending with a sentence of irremissible prison and sanbenito.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3Henry Charles Lea
He continued his apostolate and, on a second trial, he was condemned to perpetual prison and sanbenito.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3Henry Charles Lea
sanbenito
noun plural -tos
Word Origin for sanbenito
C16: from Spanish San Benito Saint Benedict, an ironical allusion to its likeness to the Benedictine scapular
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