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Definition of Sanbenito
1. n. Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church.
Definition of Sanbenito
1. [n -TOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanbenito
Literary usage of Sanbenito
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"The sanbenito, or penitential garment, was the invariable accompaniment of
reconciliation and prison, constituting together the "carcel y abito" of the ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Those who were to be "relaxed" wore a black sanbenito, on which were painted
flames and figures of devils thrusting the heretic into hell. ..."
3. The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion by Henry Charles Lea (1901)
"5 sanbenito and prison for a term . . . .27 sanbenito and prison perpetual (usually
discharged after three years) 32 sanbenito and prison perpetual, ..."
4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1911)
"Those who were to be "relaxed" wore a black sanbenito, on which were painted
flames and figures of devils thrusting the heretic into hell. ..."
5. The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies: Sicily--Naples--Sardinia--Milan by Henry Charles Lea (1908)
"... he was reconciled with four years prison and sanbenito. Thomas Lucas had a
Protestant father and Catholic mother; he had always been a Protestant but ..."
6. The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies: Sicily--Naples--Sardinia--Milan by Henry Charles Lea (1908)
"... he was reconciled with four years prison and sanbenito. Thomas Lucas had a
Protestant father and Catholic mother; he had always been a Protestant but ..."
7. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"The sanbenito, or penitential garment, was the invariable accompaniment of
reconciliation and prison, constituting together the "carcel y abito" of the ..."
8. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Those who were to be "relaxed" wore a black sanbenito, on which were painted
flames and figures of devils thrusting the heretic into hell. ..."
9. The Moriscos of Spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion by Henry Charles Lea (1901)
"5 sanbenito and prison for a term . . . .27 sanbenito and prison perpetual (usually
discharged after three years) 32 sanbenito and prison perpetual, ..."
10. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1911)
"Those who were to be "relaxed" wore a black sanbenito, on which were painted
flames and figures of devils thrusting the heretic into hell. ..."
11. The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies: Sicily--Naples--Sardinia--Milan by Henry Charles Lea (1908)
"... he was reconciled with four years prison and sanbenito. Thomas Lucas had a
Protestant father and Catholic mother; he had always been a Protestant but ..."
12. The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies: Sicily--Naples--Sardinia--Milan by Henry Charles Lea (1908)
"... he was reconciled with four years prison and sanbenito. Thomas Lucas had a
Protestant father and Catholic mother; he had always been a Protestant but ..."
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