sanbenito

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sanbenito under the Spanish Inquisition, a penitential garment of yellow cloth, resembling a scapular in shape, ornamented with a red St Andrew's cross before and behind, worn by a confessed and penitent heretic; also, a similar garment of a black colour ornamented with flames, devils, and other devices (sometimes called a samarra) worn by an impenitent confessed heretic at an auto-da-fé.

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