auto-da-fé
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An auto-da-fé in Spain. Such a ceremonial procession was the ritual accompaniment to the sentencing of heretics in the Spanish Inquisition.
Religious ceremony, including a procession, solemn mass, and sermon, which accompanied the sentencing of heretics by the Spanish Inquisition before they were handed over to the secular authorities for punishment, usually burning.
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