A faggot (sense A. 1a), used in the burning alive of people regarded as heretics; (hence by metonymy, in singular with the) this method of…
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > burning > for heresy (5) faggot?a1425 A faggot (sense A. 1a), used in the burning alive of people regarded as heretics; (hence by metonymy, in singular with the) this method of… fire and faggot (also faggots)1528 fire and faggot (also faggots) and variants: the punishment of being burnt alive for heresy; cf. sense A. 2a and fire, n. 11. Now historical. faggoting1545 The action of faggot, v. (in various senses); esp. (in early use) the action of burning a person alive as a punishment for heresy (see faggot, v.… 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. |
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