Crossword-Solution: PENITENTES
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZMECAE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PENITENTES (5)
Really the fakirs of India and the Penitentes of New Mexico are more harmless; for they don't hurt any one else.
How has done well." _The Brooklyn Eagle says:_ "The author has been fortunate enough to unearth a colossal American tragedy." _The Chicago Tribune says:_ "'The Penitentes' abounds in dramatic possibilities.
Although the Philippine flagellants are called "_penitentes_" the flagellation is not done in penance, but as the result of a vow or promise made to the diety in return for the occurrence of some wished-for event, and the "_penitentes_" are frequently from the most knavish class.
Four _penitentes_ just like the others, with nothing on but bloody pants and black bandages around their eyes, carried the image on a litter raised up over their heads, and they had swords fastened to their elbows and stuck between their ribs, so that if they let down, the swords would stick into their hearts and kill them.
The _penitentes_, as a subject of conversation, seemed exhausted for the time being and Ramon had given up all hope of being alone with Julia.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1966).