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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesauto da fé
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ˈaw.tu dɐ ˈfɛ/
"Muitos condenados perderam a vida durante o auto da fé em Lisboa."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The public pronouncement of judgment by the Inquisition upon those convicted of heresy, followed by the execution of the sentence, particularly burning at the stake.
"Historical accounts describe the grim procession and immense crowds that gathered to witness the auto-da-fé." - 2
A severe public punishment or trial by fire, often used in a figurative or literary sense.
"The controversial literary work faced a figurative auto-da-fé when censors condemned and burned physical copies of the book."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English in the late 16th century from Portuguese (auto-da-fé) and Spanish (auto de fe), literally translating from Latin as 'act of faith'. Historically, it referred to the ritual of public penance carried out by the Spanish Inquisition, which frequently culminated in the execution by burning of heretics and apostates condemned by the tribunal.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Auto-da-fe" is said worldwide
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autodafé
Transliteration: /o.tɔ.da.fe/
"Le roman de Voltaire fait une satire célèbre du fameux autodafé."
Autodafé
Transliteration: /ˌaʊtoˌdaˈfeː/
"Das Autodafé war ein schreckliches Ritual der Inquisition."
auto da fé
Transliteration: /ˌau.to da ˈfɛ/
"L'auto da fé rappresentava il culmine pubblico della giustizia inquisitoriale."
auto de fe
Transliteration: /ˈaw.to ðe ˈfe/
"El auto de fe era la ceremonia pública con la que la Inquisición ejecutaba sus sentencias."
auto da fé
Transliteration: /ˈaw.tu dɐ ˈfɛ/
"Muitos condenados perderam a vida durante o auto da fé em Lisboa."
धर्म-परीक्षण
Transliteration: dharm-parikshan
"इतिहास में ऑटो-दा-फ़े को क्रूर धार्मिक दंड के रूप में याद किया जाता है।"
异端审判公开 Execution
Transliteration: yìduàn shěnpàn
Script: 异端审判
"宗教裁判所的火刑宣告被称为信仰auto-da-fe仪式。"
신앙의 행사
Transliteration: sinang-ui haengsa
"종교재판의 오토다페는 중세 유럽의 어두운 단면이다."
信仰の自動
Transliteration: shinkō no jidō
Script: 信仰の公証
"異端審問における信仰のオート・ダ・フェは歴史的な大事件であった。"
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