Spanish Inquisition

Speech parts

1. Spanish Inquisition - Noun

2. Spanish Inquisition - Proper 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)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

demanding questioning excessive interrogation excessive questioning harsh questioning holy inquisition intensive questioning relentless interrogation relentless questioning rigorous questioning exhaustive questioning severe questioning the third degree aggressive interrogation aggressive questioning european inquisition
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Examples

Being told by the IMF to go easy on austerity is like being told by the Spanish Inquisition to be more tolerant of heretics. Ha-Joon Chang

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Graham Chapman

It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition. Elie Wiesel

the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power Source: Internet

Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition Source: Internet

At the end of the show, in "Court Charades", the Inquisitors are caught by surprise when a defendant (who is also a judge from another court) in session at the Old Bailey says: "Blimey, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!" Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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