AUTO-DA-FÉ


Meaning of AUTO-DA-FÉ in English

|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

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