ALL meanings of auto-da-fe
au·to-da-Fe
A a - noun auto-da-fe a ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the pronouncement and execution of sentences passed on sinners or heretics 3
- noun auto-da-fe the burning to death of people condemned as heretics by the Inquisition 3
- noun auto-da-fe the public ceremony in which the Inquisition pronounced judgment and passed sentence on those tried as heretics 3
- noun auto-da-fe the execution by the secular power of the sentence thus passed; esp., the public burning of a heretic 3
- noun plural auto-da-fe the 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, especially the burning of condemned heretics at the stake. 1
- noun auto-da-fe Alternative form of auto da fe. 0