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Definition of: sanbenito
(san′bə·nē′tō) noun plural ·tos
A black garment worn by a condemned heretic or a yellow cloak worn by a penitent under the Inquisition. [<Sp. sambenito <San Benito Saint Benedict; so called from its resemblance to a Benedictine's cloak.]
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