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- noun The
public announcement of thesentences imposed by theInquisition on supposedheretics . - noun The public
execution of thosesentences , often byburning at thestake .
Etymologies
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From Portuguese auto da fé ("act/sentence of faith"), in turn from Latin actus de fide
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