Torquemada

[ tawr-kuh-mah-duh; Spanish tawr-ke-mah-th ah ]

/ ˌtɔr kəˈmɑ də; Spanish ˌtɔr kɛˈmɑ ðɑ /

noun

To·más de

[taw-mahs th e] /tɔˈmɑs ðɛ/,1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.

Example sentences from the Web for torquemada

It is as old as the church itself, which gave the world Saint Francis as well as Torquemada.

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She hated every liberal expression in matters of faith or art with the fanaticism of a Torquemada.

Devil Stories |Various
Torquemada was buried in a chapel of the church of his convent of Santo Toms in Avila.

A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 |Henry Charles Lea
At an earlier day such language had handed the luckless Professor over to Torquemada.

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Devotion to the end justified the means to such a well-meaning fanatic as Torquemada.

Defenseless America |Hudson Maxim
Torquemada was at Mexico when Quiros and his companions landed at Acapulco, and came up to the capital in the end of 1606.

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British Dictionary definitions for torquemada

Torquemada

/ (Spanish tɔrkeˈmaða) /

noun

Tomás de (toˈmas de). 1420–98, Spanish Dominican monk. As first Inquisitor-General of Spain (1483–98), he was responsible for the burning of some 2000 heretics

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