Torquemada

[tawr-kuh-mah-duh, tawr-ke-mah-thah]

noun

1. Tomás de 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.

Torquemada

/ tɔrkeˈmaða /

noun

1. Tomás de (toˈmas de). 1420–98, Spanish Dominican monk. As first Inquisitor-General of Spain (1483–98), he was responsible for the burning of some 2000 heretics

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This kind of self-destructive lunacy received theological sanction in the pages of First Things, a right-wing religious publication that fancies itself a bearer of the thought of Thomas Aquinas, but comes off more like Torquemada.

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Edward Mathers worked as a crossword compiler for The Observer newspaper under the pseudonym Torquemada.

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Torquemada announced a contest to solve the book in the Observer, promising successful entrants a prize of 25 pounds, or roughly $2,500 today.

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In the final film, Brooks takes center stage during this segment, hamming it up as the grand inquisitor Torquemada.

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This time, the male Torquemadas were joined by a female inquisitor, Marsha Blackburn.

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