sanbenito
noun pl. sanbenitos
- a yellow garment resembling a scapular in shape and having a red Saint Andrew's cross in front and in back, worn by a confessed, penitent heretic in the Spanish Inquisition
- a similarly shaped black garment painted with flames, devils, etc., worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé
See sanbenito in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(sănˌbə-nēˈtō)
noun pl. san·be·ni·tos A garment of sackcloth worn at an auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition by condemned heretics, being yellow with red crosses for the penitent and black with painted flames and devils for the impenitent.
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