sanbenito
noun
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Definition of sanbenito
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church
2 : a Spanish Inquisition garment resembling a scapular and being either yellow with red crosses for the penitent or black with painted devils and flames for the impenitent condemned to an auto-da-fé
San Benito
geographical name
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Definition of San Benito (Entry 2 of 2)
city in southernmost Texas northwest of Brownsville population 24,250
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