火か刑けい

noun

burning at the stake; execution by burning

Historical or judicial execution method; often associated with medieval European witch trials or similar contexts.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、異い端たん者しゃは火か刑けいに処しょされることがあった。

  In medieval Europe, heretics were sometimes executed by burning at the stake.