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Meaning of word spanish inquisition from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
spanish inquisition noun
Meaning : 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).
Example :
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.
