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Autodafe (auto.da.fe)

Auto - da - fe
Auto de fé in medieval Spanish (and in Portuguese) means "act of faith". The phrase is used most frequently in English in its alternative Portuguese form auto-da-fé.

In the popular imagination, "auto-da-fé" has come to refer to burning at the stake for heresy.

( This is an answer for those of you who were looking for the " autodafe " to understand a bit more of The Mars Volta 's lyrics. )

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"Stained walks crutch in hobbled sway
Autodafe (auto.da.fe)
A capulary hint of red"

"Mel Brooks' movie History of the World, Part I (1981) featured a passage set in the Spanish Inquisition Torquemada (Brooks) had the following musical exchange with his monks:

-Auto Da Fé, what's an Auto Da Fé?

-It's what you oughtn't to do but you do anyway!"
by Smawrt June 12, 2009
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It's something that you shouldn't do, but you do anyway!
"Hey Torquemada, whaddaya say?"
"I just got back from the auto de fe!"
-quoted from Mel Brook's History of the World Part I
by MaSh92587 May 3, 2005
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What you oughtn't to do, but you do anyway
Hey Torquemada, what's an Auto da Fé?
It's what you oughtn't to do, but you do anyway!
by LokisRedDawn March 18, 2021
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