Chiefly in Spanish and Portuguese contexts: = auto-da-fé, n.
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释义 | society > faith > aspects of faith > heresy > search for heresy > [noun] > burning (6) auto1563 Chiefly in Spanish and Portuguese contexts: = auto-da-fé, n. heretic-burning1570 Objective, as heretic-burning, heretic-hunting, heretic-taker. act of faith1600 spec. = auto-da-fé, n. 1. Also †act of the faith. Now historical. Bonnering1613 Public burning for heresy. auto-da-fé1697 The execution of a sentence of the Inquisition; esp. the public burning of a heretic. historical in later use. act1709 = auto-da-fé, n. 1b; a burning of heretics. Cf. act of faith, n. 2. Obsolete. rare. |
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