auto-da-fe
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Definition(s):
- (n) the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
Usage(s):
- He performs an auto-da-fe in front of the residence of Theresa LePore, the Palm Beach supervisor of elections, a Democrat.
- The auto-da-fethe parade and ritual sentencing of Jews and heretics, sometimes followed by spectacular public burnings was not abolished in Lisbon until 1765.
- You could catch Jean-Luc Godard in a typically impish auto-da-fe.
Quotes
- "When I first started, I did a lot of late shows," Morris says. "Incredibly pissed people would come in, and they were coming for an auto-da-fe. They just wanted to hear swear words and see some tits, basically. And they wanted to take you...on Jul 4, 2008 By: Julia Morris Source: Sydney Morning Herald
- As British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks said in a speech in 2004: "Think only of the words Europe's treatment of the Jews added to the vocabulary of mankind: exile, expulsion, inquisition, auto-da-fe, ghetto, pogrom - and the word for which there is...on Jun 10, 2008 By: Jonathan Sacks Source: Jerusalem Post
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