AUTO-DA-FE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: autos-da-fe   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("auto-da-fe" is a kind of...):

burning; burning at the stake (execution by fire)

Domain region:

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

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