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AUTO-DA-FE (1)
AUTO-DA-FE (1)
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the
public
declaration
of the judgment passed on persons
tried
in the
courts
of the Spanish
Inquisition
(a
court
appointed in Spain in 1478 to discover and
suppress
heresy
—
religious
beliefs that the
Roman Catholic church
considered to be
false
), followed by the
execution
by the
civil
authorities of the sentences
imposed
, especially the
burning
of condemned heretics at the
stake
. The
term
literally means "
act
of the faith."
—
SHSBC
Binder 19 Approved Glossary