auto-da-fe

A noun referring to the public burning of heretics, particularly associated with the Spanish Inquisition.

• 🌐إجراء علني في محاكم التفتيش الإسبانية والبرتغالية يشمل إعلان الحكم على المهرطقين ثم تنفيذه، وغالبًا ما ينتهي بإحراقهم أحياءً. ويُطلق مجازًا على أي إدانة أو إجراء علني قاسٍ ضد مخالف.

1. Public burning of heretics C2 formal

   A historical ceremony, particularly during the Spanish Inquisition, where heretics were publicly burned at the stake.

   • The auto-da-fe was a grim spectacle of religious intolerance.
   • Many victims of the Spanish Inquisition met their end in an auto-da-fe.
   • Historical accounts describe the auto-da-fe as a public event intended to enforce religious orthodoxy.

   🌐الحرق العلني للزنادقة

   المرادفات: burning at the stakeimmolation

• autos-da-fe plural form
• autos-da-fe's possessive plural form
• auto-da-fe's possessive singular form