焚ふん刑けい

noun

burning at the stake

Historical term for execution by fire, typically tied to European witch trials or similar contexts.

• 中ちゅう世せいヨーロッパでは、異い端たん者しゃに対たいして焚ふん刑けいが行おこなわれた。

  In medieval Europe, heretics were burned at the stake.