AUTO-DA-FE


Meaning of AUTO-DA-FE in English

[au.to-da-fe] n, pl au.tos-da-fe [Pg auto da fe, lit., act of the faith] (1723): the ceremony accompanying the pronouncement of judgment by the Inquisition and followed by the execution of sentence by the secular authorities; broadly: the burning of a heretic

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