词汇 | auto-da-fé |
词源 | auto-da-fé. A public judgment against someone tried by the Spanish Inquisition was called an auto-da-fé, the judgment usually followed by burning condemned heretics at the stake, burning employed because the Catholic church forbade the shedding of blood. Auto-da-fé is Portuguese for “act of the faith.” |
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