Auto-da-fe Definition

ôtō-də-fā, outō-
autos-da-fe
noun
Public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition.
American Heritage
The public ceremony in which the Inquisition pronounced judgment and passed sentence on those tried as heretics.
Webster's New World
The public execution of those sentences by secular authorities, especially by burning at the stake.
American Heritage
The execution by the secular power of the sentence thus passed; esp., the public burning of a heretic.
Webster's New World
Alternative form of auto da fe.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Auto-da-fe

Noun

Singular:
auto-da-fe
Plural:
autos-da-fe, auto-da-fes, autos-da-f

Origin of Auto-da-fe

  • From Portuguese auto da fé (“act/sentence of faith”), in turn from Latin actus de fide

    From Wiktionary

  • Portuguese auto da fé auto act da of the faith

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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