Spanish Inquisition

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noun

the Inquisition in Spain, under state control from 1480 to 1834, marked by the extreme severity and cruelty of its proceedings in the 16th century.

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How to use Spanish Inquisition in a sentence

In a meeting at the Vatican, Netanyahu and the pontiff talk Syria and Iran and Francis gets a book on the Spanish Inquisition.
Benjamin Netanyahu Meets Pope Francis In Rome|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was in Europe, we have to remember, that the Spanish Inquisition took place, as did the Holocaust and the Bosnian genocide.
How Will Europe's Muslims React?|H.A. Hellyer|December 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST
This information on Hernando Alonso comes from the trial records of the Spanish Inquisition.
The Jewish Conquistadors|Edward Kritzler|December 21, 2008|DAILY BEAST
There was talk of the Spanish Inquisition, but little or no actual violence is recorded to have been done.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell

The tribunal soon wanted little more than the name and the Dominicans to resemble in every point the Spanish Inquisition.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
The Recorder, among the rest, commended the Spanish Inquisition, saying it would never be well till we had something like it.
Andrew Marvell|Augustine Birrell
There were the doings of the Spanish Inquisition in respect of English sailors.
Ten Tudor Statesmen|Arthur D. Innes
In this she had little to learn either from a Dante, or the Spanish Inquisition.
Mrs. Bindle|Hebert Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for Spanish Inquisition

Spanish Inquisition

noun

the institution that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain, chiefly by the persecution of Jews and Muslims, esp from the 15th to 17th centuriesSee also Inquisition

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Cultural definitions for Spanish Inquisition

Spanish Inquisition

The church court of the Inquisition, as established in Spain in the late fifteenth century. (See also Tomás de Torquemada (see also Torquemada).)