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san·be·nito (san′bə nētō)

noun pl. -·tos

  1. 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
  2. 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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