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auto-da-fé

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auto-da-fé /ˌɔːtəʊdɑːˈfeɪ/

▶noun (pl. autos-da-fé /ˌɔːtəʊz-/) the burning of a heretic by the Spanish Inquisition.

– origin C18: from Port., lit. ‘act of the faith’.

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