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auto de fe

auto de fe is the alternative form 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 de fe

pluralautos de fe

Questions about auto de fe

What is auto de fe the alternative form of?
Auto de fe is the alternative form of auto da fe.

Words near auto de fe in the dictionary

  1. auto court
  2. auto courts
  3. auto da fe
  4. auto da fes
  5. auto da fé
  6. auto de fe
  7. auto de fé
  8. auto insurance
  9. auto loan
  10. auto loans
  11. auto mall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auto de fe (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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