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Biosanbenito (sanbe neto) pl. -tos
n.
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-fe
Etymology
[Sp sambenito, after San Benito, Saint Benedict: from resembling a Benedictine scapular]
(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
n.
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-fe
Etymology
[Sp sambenito, after San Benito, Saint Benedict: from resembling a Benedictine scapular]
(C)1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. (C)1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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