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单词 auto-da-fé
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
au•to-da-fé  (ô′tō də f ā′),USA pronunciation n., pl. au•tos-da-fé. 
  1. World Historythe 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.
  • Portuguese: act of the faith
  • 1715–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
auto-da-fé /ˌɔːtəʊdəˈfeɪ/ n ( pl autos-da-fé)
  1. a ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the pronouncement and execution of sentences passed on sinners or heretics
  2. the burning to death of people condemned as heretics by the Inquisition
Etymology: 18th Century: from Portuguese, literally: act of the faith
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