- penitential garment
- penitential garment nounA rough garment worn for penance• • •Main Entry: ↑penitent
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Sanbenito — Sambenito was a penitential garment, especially during the Spanish Inquisition, similar to a scapular either yellow with red St. Andrew s crosses for penitent heretics or black and decorated with friars, dragons and devils for impenitent heretics … Wikipedia
sanbenito — /san beuh nee toh/, n., pl. sanbenitos. (under the Spanish Inquisition) 1. an ornamented garment worn by a condemned heretic at an auto da fé. 2. a penitential garment worn by a confessed heretic, of yellow for the penitent, of black for the… … Universalium
sanbenito — /sænbəˈnitoʊ/ (say sanbuh neetoh) noun (plural sanbenitos) (under the Spanish Inquisition) 1. , ) a black garment ornamented with flames, devils, etc., worn by a condemned heretic at an auto da fé. 2. , ) a yellow penitential garment worn by a… …
san|be|ni|to — «SAN buh NEE toh», noun, plural tos. 1. a yellow penitential garment with a red Saint Andrew s cross before and behind, worn by a confessed heretic under trial by the Inquisition. 2. a black garment ornamented with flames, devils, and other… … Useful english dictionary
San Benito — can refer to: * San Benito, El Petén, a municipality in Guatemala * Colonia San Benito, a neighborhood of San Salvador, El Salvador * San Benito District, a district in Contumazá province, Peru, also: ** San Benito, Peru, capital of the district… … Wikipedia
Balthazar (Isaac) Orobio de Castro — was a Jewish philosopher, physician and apologist, born at Braganza, Portugal about 1617, and died at Amsterdam on November 7, 1687.LifeWhile still a child, he was taken to Seville by his parents, who were Marranos. He studied philosophy at… … Wikipedia
St. Zephyrinus — Pope St. Zephyrinus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Zephyrinus (Reigned 198 217). Date of birth unknown; died 20 Dec., 217. After the death of Pope Victor in 198, Zephyrinus was elected his successor and consecrated. The pope… … Catholic encyclopedia
Pope St. Zephyrinus — Pope St. Zephyrinus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Zephyrinus (Reigned 198 217). Date of birth unknown; died 20 Dec., 217. After the death of Pope Victor in 198, Zephyrinus was elected his successor and consecrated. The pope… … Catholic encyclopedia
Isaac Orobio de Castro — Arms of the de Castro Family from the Jewish Encyclopedia Balthazar (Isaac) Orobio de Castro (c.1617 – November 7, 1687), was a Jewish philosopher, physician and apologist, born at Bragança, Portugal. Contents 1 Life 2 Works … Wikipedia
flannen — ˈflanə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English flanyn, a penitential garment dialect : flannel * * * flannˈen noun (obsolete or dialect) Flannel • • … Useful english dictionary
