|au̇]d.ədəˈfā, |ȯ], ]d.(ˌ)ōd-, ]təd-, ](ˌ)tōd- noun
( plural autos-da-fé -əzd-, -ōzd-\)
Etymology: Portuguese auto da fé, literally, act of the faith
: the ceremony accompanying the pronouncement of judgment by the Inquisition and followed by the execution of sentence by the secular authorities ; especially : the burning of a person condemned as a heretic or of writings condemned as heretical