auto-da-fe (redirected from autos-da-fé)

n.	1.	A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.
	2.	An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.
	3.	A session of the court of Inquisition.

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auto-da-fe - the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition) burning at the stake, burning - execution by fire Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power