Meaning Of The Word Sanbenito

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sanbenito in American English
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
noun: an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé

sanbenito in British English
noun: a yellow garment bearing a red cross, worn by penitent heretics in the Inquisition

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