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English noun: Spanish Inquisition | |||
| 1. | Spanish Inquisition (group) 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) | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Instance hypernym | Inquisition | ||
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