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auto-da-fé in British English
the public ceremony in which the Inquisition pronounced judgment and passed sentence on those tried as heretics
noun: a ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the pronouncement and execution of sentences passed on sinners or heretics
noun: the public declaration of the judgment passed on persons tried in the courts of the the Spanish Inquisition, followed by the execution by the civil authorities of the sentences imposed, esp. the burning of condemned heretics at the stake

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