AUTO-DA-FÉ


Meaning of AUTO-DA-FÉ in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌau̇-tō-də-ˈfā, ˌȯ-tō- ]

noun

( plural au·tos-da-fé -tōz-də-)

Etymology: Portuguese auto da fé, literally, act of the faith

Date: 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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