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  1. Spanish Inquisition:


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Spanish Inquisition:

Spanish Inquisition [the ~] noun

  1. the Spanish Inquisition
    – an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries) 1
    the Spanish Inquisition
    – an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries) 1
    • Spanish Inquisition [the ~] noun
      • the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power1
      • Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition1

Related Definitions for "Spanish Inquisition":

  1. an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries)1
    • the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power1
    • Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition1

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