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auto-da-fé

auto-da-fé is the alternative spelling of auto da fe.

Meaning of auto da fe

Noun

auto da fe (plural auto da fes or autos da fe)

  1. The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.
  2. The public execution of those sentences, often by burning at the stake.

Forms of auto-da-fé

pluralauto-da-fés
pluralautos-da-fé

Questions about auto-da-fé

What is auto-da-fé the alternative spelling of?
Auto-da-fé is the alternative spelling of auto da fe.

Words near auto-da-fé in the dictionary

  1. auto-blocking
  2. auto-blocks
  3. auto-brewery syndrome
  4. auto-correction
  5. auto-da-fe
  6. auto-da-fé
  7. auto-da-fés
  8. auto-de-fe
  9. auto-de-fé
  10. auto-decrement
  11. auto-directional

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auto-da-fé (page history and authors); auto da fe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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