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AUTOS-DA-FE
AUTOS-DA-FE
ScnMaster
plural of
auto-da-fe
: the
public
declaration
of the judgment passed on persons
tried
in the
courts
of the Spanish
Inquisition
, 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 faith."
See also Spanish
Inquisition
.
—Random
House
2nd Unabridged
Dictionary
. (The Road to Perfection) Final approval 14/11/89