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Definitions: SANBENITO |
SANBENITONoun1. A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fe. 2. Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church. |
Date "SANBENITO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1759. (references) |
Etymology: Sanbenito \San`be*ni"to\, noun. [from Spanish expression Portuguese sambenito, contr. from Latin saccus sack benedictus blessed.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sanbenito | 5 |
inquisition sanbenito | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SANBENITO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | жълта риза на разкаянието. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anbenitosay.(various references) | |
Spanish | sambenito. (various references) | |
Ukranian | санбеніто. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SANBENITO": sanbenitos. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "SANBENITO" (pronounced 'San`be*ni"to'): Agitato, Allegretto, Anito, Araguato, Arnatto, Assiento, Avigato, Ayuntamiento, Bassetto, Basto, Braziletto, Busto, Canoncito, Canto, Carapato, Castrato, Cavetto, Cento, Cinquecento, Concerto, Concetto, Contrafagetto, Cornuto, Corvetto, Couranto, Devoto, Divertimento, Duetto, Esparto, Esperanto, Ex-voto, Facto, Fagotto, Falsetto, Ferretto, Flauto, Fugato, Giusto, graffito, Gretto, grotto, gusto, Hornito, impasto, inamorato, Infinito, junto, Lagarto, larghetto, legato, lento, libretto, lotto, manifesto, Manto, Marcato, memento, merozoite, Misurato, moderato, molto, mosquito, Moto, Motto, Mulatto, Musketo, Nippitato, Obligato, onto, Palmetto, Paramento, Petto, Pimento, Pimiento, Pizzicato, Pluto, Portamento, Potato, Presto, Pronunciamento, Pronunciamiento, Puncto, Punto, Quattrocento, Rabato, rebato, Repartimiento, Rifacimento, risotto, ritenuto, Ritratto, Robalito, roble, Rubato, Sestetto, Sexto, Sfumato, sgraffito, Sostenuto, spiccato, staccato, Stiacciato, Stretto, Tasto, telephoto, terzetto, Tinto, tomato, Torilto, Tosto, Trecento, Visto, Vomito, Zuchetto. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-n-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: antisnob, bonniest, botanies, botanise, enations, niobates, obeisant, sonatine. | |
-2 letters: anoints, atonies, bannets, banties, basinet, bastion, benison, boniest, bonitas, bonnets, enation, inanest, intones, nations, niobate, obtains, onanist, stanine, tension. | |
-3 letters: absent, anenst, anions, anoint, atones, bannet, basion, batons, beanos, bennis, betons, binate, bionts, biotas, boites, bonita, bonnes, bonnet, bonnie, bonsai, eonian, inanes, innate, insane, intone, nasion, nation, nitons, nonets, obtain, sabine, sennit, sienna, sobeit, sonant, sonnet, tenias, tennis, tenons, tineas, tisane, tobies, tonnes. | |
-4 letters: abets, aeons, anent, anion, anise, antes, antis, atone, baits, banes, banns, basin, baste, bates, baton, beano, beans, beast, beats, benni, bents, besot, betas, beton, bines, bints, biont, biota, bison, bites, boast, boats, boite, bones, bonne, botas, ebons, entia, eosin, etnas, inane, inset, iotas, nabes, nabis, nates, neats, neist, neons, nines, nites, niton, noise, nonas, nones, nonet, notes, oaten, obias, obits, onset, ostia, sabin, sabot, saint, santo, satin, senna, senti, seton, stain, stane, stein, steno, stoae, stoai, stone, tabes, tains, tenia, tenon, tinea, tines, toeas, tones, tonne. | |
-5 letters: abet, abos, aeon, ains, aits, anes, anis, anon, ante, anti, ants, ates, bait, bane, bani, bans, base, bast, bate, bats, bean, beat, bens, bent, best, beta, bets, bias, bine, bins, bint, bios, bise, bite, bits, boas, boat, bone, bota, bots, east, eats, ebon, eons, etas, etna, inns, into, ions, iota, isba, nabe, nabs, nans, naoi, naos, neat, nebs, neon, nest, nets, nibs, nine, nite, nits, nobs, noes, nona, none, nose, nota, note, oast, oats, obes, obia, obis, obit, ones, sabe, sain, sane, sate, sati, seat, sent, seta, sine, site, snib, snit, snob, snot, sone, stab, stoa, stob, tabs, tain, tans, taos, teas, tens, ties, tine, tins, toea, toes, tone, tons. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-n-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: abstention, sanbenitos. | |
+2 letters: abnegations, abstentions, inobservant, noncabinets, obtainments. | |
+3 letters: benefactions, cybernations, hibernations, inebriations, interrobangs, nondiabetics, recombinants, sanctionable. | |
+4 letters: antiobscenity, ethnobotanies, ethnobotanist, incontestable, incontestably, insubordinate, nebulizations, nonabsorptive, obstinateness, subgeneration, subventionary. | |
+5 letters: antisubversion, beneficiations, connubialities, decarbonations, defibrinations, ethnobotanists, indemonstrable, indemonstrably, insubordinates, insurmountable, nonestablished, nonjusticiable, recombinations, subcontinental, subgenerations, subinfeudation, unmentionables, unquestionable, unquestionably. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 41 4E 42 45 4E 49 54 4F |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000001 01001110 01000010 01000101 01001110 01001001 01010100 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S A N B E N I T O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0041 004E 0042 0045 004E 0049 0054 004F |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)533548363948435449 |
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