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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. 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.