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Definition of auto-da-fé noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

auto-da-fé

noun
 
/ˌɔːtəʊ də ˈfeɪ/
 
/ˌɔːtəʊ də ˈfeɪ/
[uncountable, countable] (from Portuguese)
(plural autos-da-fé
 
/ˌɔːtəʊz dɑː ˈfeɪ/
 
/ˌɔːtəʊz dɑː ˈfeɪ/
)
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  1. the practice of burning people who did not accept the religious beliefs of the Spanish Inquisition
See auto-da-fé in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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adverb
 
 
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