Crossword-Solution: SANBENITO
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sanbenito | n. | Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church. |
| Sanbenito | n. | 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-fe. |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| yellow garment bearing a red cross, worn by penitent heretics in the Inquisition | 1 answer |
| Sackcloth | 44 answers |
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Sentences with SANBENITO (5)
They were completely purged of it, having done penance in proper form at an Auto held on the Rocio at Lisbon, candle in hand and sanbenito on their shoulders.
Then came many penitents, their heads shaven, their feet bare, and clad, some in dark-coloured cloaks, some in yellow robes, called the sanbenito, which were adorned with a red cross.
Much more is it true that, if the rule should become known in the provinces of Castilla and Aragon, whence the religious for these missions usually go, no one would enter them; for if a man is required to leave his own country and his relatives and friends, and exile himself to the end of the world, at the risk of being excluded from the missions by the Council of the Indias, that would be the same as to put on him an eternal _sanbenito_ [11] in his order.
The slow, dismal tolling of bells; the masked and muffled familiars; the Dominicans carrying their horrid flag, followed by the penitents behind a huge cross; the condemned ones, barefoot, clad in painted caps and the repulsive sanbenito; next the effigies of accused offenders who had escaped by flight; then, the bones of dead culprits in black coffins painted with flames and other hellish symbols; and, finally, the train closing with a host of priests and monks.
The Jew takes fright, tears his beard, rolls on the ground, sees the officers at his door, sees himself clad in the _Sanbenito_, sees his _auto-da-fè_ all made ready.