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AUTO-DA-FE
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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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