auto-da-fé
/ˌɔːtəʊdɑːˈfeɪ/noun
(pl. autos-dafé /ˌɔːtəʊz-/)
1- the burning of a heretic by the Spanish Inquisition(西班牙宗教法庭对异教徒实行的)火刑。
1.1
- a sentence of such a kind火刑(判决)。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Portuguese, literally 'act of the faith'.