The burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition).
Burning of a heretic.
(Portuguese “act of faith”) 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.
The ceremony accompanying the pronouncement of judgment by the Inquisition and followed by the execution of sentence by the secular authorities; broadly; the burning of a heretic.