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AUTO-DA-FE
AUTO-DA-FE
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the
public
declaration
of the judgment passed on persons
tried
in the
courts
of the Spanish
Inquisition
(a
court
appointed in Spain in 1478 to discover and suppress
heresy
—religious beliefs that the
Roman Catholic church
considered to be
false
), followed by the
execution
by the
civil
authorities of the sentences
imposed
, especially the
burning
of condemned heretics at the
stake
. The term literally means "
act
of the faith."
—
SHSBC
Binder 3 Approved Glossary