2. A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-f['e]. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
sanbenito — SANBENÍTO s.n. invar. Tunică galbenă făcută din pânză de sac, care se punea celor condamnaţi de inchiziţie. ♦ Condamnare. [< it. sanbenito, sp., fr. san benito]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN SANBENÍTO s. n. inv. tunică… … Dicționar Român
Sanbenīto — (span., korrumpiert aus sacco benito) oder Zamarra, das Armesünderhemd der von der Inquisition Verurteilten, in Gestalt eines Skapuliers (s. d.), aus gelber Leinwand, vorn und hinten mit einem roten Andreaskreuz, oft auch noch mit Flammen und… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
sanbenito — ⊕ sanbenito → sambenito … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
sanbenito — [san΄bə nēt′ō] n. pl. sanbenitos [Sp sambenito, after San Benito, Saint Benedict: from resembling a Benedictine scapular] 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… … English World dictionary
Sanbenito — Verurteilte (Vordergrund) mit Carocha und Sanbenito Ein Sanbenito (spanisch: korrumpiert aus saco bendito) oder auch Zamarra genannt, ist das Armesünderhemd der von der Inquisition Verurteilten … Deutsch Wikipedia
sanbenito — san benito ou sanbenito [sɑ̃benito] n. m. invar. ÉTYM. 1578, d Aubigné, francisé en sant béni; 1675, forme actuelle (in le Français moderne); mot esp., proprt « saint Benoît », ce vêtement rappelant celui des Bénédictins. ❖ ♦ Hist. des relig.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
sanbenito — noun (plural tos) Etymology: Spanish sambenito, from San Benito Saint Benedict of Nursia Date: circa 1560 1. a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church 2. a Spanish Inquisition garment resembling a scapular and being… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Sanbenito — Sambenito was a penitential garment, especially during the Spanish Inquisition, similar to a scapular either yellow with red St. Andrew s crosses for penitent heretics or black and decorated with friars, dragons and devils for impenitent heretics … Wikipedia
sanbenito — /san beuh nee toh/, n., pl. sanbenitos. (under the Spanish Inquisition) 1. an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto da fé. 2. a penitential garment worn by a confessed heretic, of yellow for the penitent, of black for the… … Universalium
sanbenito — san·be·ni·to … English syllables
