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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)
Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition
the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power
How To Use Spanish Inquisition In A Sentence
- Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition
- Apparently this antpitta is much like Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition; nobody expects it! 10,000 Birds
- Will she be in for the Spanish Inquisition? The Sun
- A bare-knuckle fighter, persecution, poverty, the Spanish Inquisition even. TV review: Timothy Spall: Back at Sea; Who Do You Think You Are?; Village SOS
- The word conjured up images of the Spanish Inquisition, of torture, the whip and the rack. Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series
- So Janae has told Janelle that Karl has abused her, and then she's nicked off back to Colac while Karl faces the Spanish Inquisition.
- And Costa is still facing the Spanish inquisition. The Sun
- Or that he might have been a Jew whose parents converted to escape the Spanish Inquisition.
- Wild incomptence can also work ... or just plain wacky/random things (see: nobody expects the spanish inquisition!) # Wingson 16 Apr 2009 at 7: 57 pm Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Some Suggestions for Humor-Writers
- My feet were encased in boots that appeared to have been designed by the people who used to manufacture iron maidens for the Spanish Inquisition. Times, Sunday Times
