sanbenito
/san-buh-nee-toh/US // ˌsæn bəˈni toʊ //UK // (ˌsænbəˈniːtəʊ) //
叁本利托,叁本多,叁本利多,叁本线
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural san·be·ni·tos.
- : an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto-da-fé.
- : a penitential garment worn by a confessed heretic, of yellow for the penitent, of black for the impenitent.
Examples
Valer's sanbenito was displayed for a long time in the metropolitan church of Seville.
I would rather have put on a sanbenito myself than have gone there.
This saco bendito became known as the sanbenito or, more commonly, abito and was necessarily inherited by the new Inquisition.
Two years and a half were spent on the trials of Diego and Ana, ending with a sentence of irremissible prison and sanbenito.
He continued his apostolate and, on a second trial, he was condemned to perpetual prison and sanbenito.
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