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noun, plural -tos. (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 impenitent.
Origin:
1550–60; < Spanish, named after San Benito Saint Benedict, from its resemblance to the scapular believed to have been introduced by him
1550–60; < Spanish, named after San Benito Saint Benedict, from its resemblance to the scapular believed to have been introduced by him
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