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AUTO-DA-FE (autos-da-fe)
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Irregular inflected form: autos-da-fe
Dictionary entry overview: What does auto-da-fe mean?
• AUTO-DA-FE (noun)
The noun AUTO-DA-FE has 1 sense:
1. the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
Familiarity information: AUTO-DA-FE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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