释义 |
au·to-da-fé \|au̇]d.ədəˈfā, |ȯ], ]d.(ˌ)ōd-, ]təd-, ](ˌ)tōd-\ noun (plural autos-da-fé \-əzd-, -ōzd-\) Etymology: Portuguese auto da fé, literally, act of the faith : the ceremony accompanying the pronouncement of judgment by the Inquisition and followed by the execution of sentence by the secular authorities; especially : the burning of a person condemned as a heretic or of writings condemned as heretical |