Meaning & use
Sanbenito
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A penitential garment, often yellow and marked with symbols, forced upon condemned individuals during the Spanish Inquisition.
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The convicted heretic was paraded through town wearing a sanbenito.
Museums display surviving sanbenitos as grim relics of Inquisition-era punishment.
A note on using this word
From the Spanish "saco bendito," meaning "blessed sack," reflecting its origin as a garment of public penance.
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