sanbenito
sanbenito
Definition
san·be·nito (san′bə nēt′ō)
noun pl. -·tos
- 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
Etymology: Sp sambenito, after San Benito, Saint Benedict: from resembling a Benedictine scapular
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