spanish inquisition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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)
    • the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power
    • Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition

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