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The public announcement of the sentences imposed by the Inquisition on supposed heretics.
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The public execution of those sentences, often by burning at the stake.
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Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese auto da fé (“act/sentence of (the) faith”), in turn from Latin actus de fide.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
火刑
(huǒxíng)
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Finnish:
autodafee
— public execution by burning at the stake
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French:
autodafé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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German:
Autodafé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Greek:
άουτο ντα φε
(áouto nta fe)
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Italian:
autodafé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Japanese:
アウト・デ・フェ
(auto-de-fe)
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Lithuanian:
autodafė
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Norwegian Bokmål:
autodafé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Norwegian Bokmål:
autodafe
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
autodafé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
autodafe
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Polish:
auto-da-fé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Portuguese:
auto da fé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Romanian:
autodafé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Russian:
аутодафе́
(autodafɛ́)
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Spanish:
auto de fe
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Swedish:
autodafé
— public execution by burning at the stake
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Yiddish:
אויטאָדאַפֿע
(oytodafe)
— public execution by burning at the stake