n. The quality or state of being sanable; sanableness; curableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sanabilis, fr. sanare to heal, fr. sanus sound, healthy. See Sane. ] Capable of being healed or cured; susceptible of remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Remediable; curable; healable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being sanable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sanatio. See Sanable. ] The act of healing or curing. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. sanativus. ] Having the power to cure or heal; healing; tending to heal; sanatory. -- San"a*tive*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ NL. See Sanatory. ] An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. sanatorius, fr. L. sanare to heal. See Sanable. ] Conducive to health; tending to cure; healing; curative; sanative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sanatory ordinances for the protection of public health, such as quarantine, fever hospitals, draining, etc. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sanatory and sanitary should not be confounded. Sanatory signifies conducive to health, while sanitary has the more general meaning of pertaining to health. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. & Pg. sambenito, contr. from L. saccus sack + benedictus blessed. ] 1. Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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-fé. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., a proper name. ] (Card Playing) The nine of trumps in sancho pedro. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. [ Sp. Pedro Peter. ] (Card Playing) A variety of auction pitch in which the nine (sancho) and five (pedro) of trumps are added as counting cards at their pip value, and the ten of trumps counts game. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]