auto-da-fe

• Sustantivo que designa un acto público de fe, especialmente la ceremonia de la Inquisición española en la que se quemaban herejes o se ejecutaba a los condenados en la hoguera.

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

1. Public burning of hereticsC2formal

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

   Auto de fe

   • 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.

   Sinónimosburning at the stakeimmolation