Spanish Inquisition (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 14
def 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)
examples 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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Instance Hypernym Inquisition
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Instance Hyponym Inquisition

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