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аутодафе | |||
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сожжение еретика на костре; аутодафе; автодафе | |||
аутодафе (публичное сожжение еретиков или их сочинений по приговорам инквизиции) | |||
акт веры; аутодафе (The ceremony accompanying the pronouncement of judgment by the Inquisition and followed by the execution of sentence by the secular authorities) | |||
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автодафе (lit.: "act of faith"; a Roman Catholic church ritual which became associated with its use during the Spanish Inquisition); аутодафе (lit.: "act of faith"; a Roman Catholic church ritual which became associated with its use during the Spanish Inquisition) | |||
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From the Portuguese, meaning "act of faith", the term refers to the late medieval church's ceremonial execution en masse of accused witches, Jews, heretics, or Muslims. The execution was frequently achieved by burning at the stake. |