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Torquemada

[ tawr-kuh-mah-duh; Spanish tawr-ke-mah-thah ]

noun

  1. To·más de [taw-, mahs, , th, e], 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.


Torquemada

/ tɔrkeˈmaða /

noun

  1. TorquemadaTomás de14201498MSpanishRELIGION: monkPOLITICS: Inquisitor-General 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

Edward Mathers worked as a crossword compiler for The Observer newspaper under the pseudonym Torquemada.

Torquemada announced a contest to solve the book in the Observer, promising successful entrants a prize of 25 pounds, or roughly $2,500 today.

In the final film, Brooks takes center stage during this segment, hamming it up as the grand inquisitor Torquemada.

From Salon

This time, the male Torquemadas were joined by a female inquisitor, Marsha Blackburn.

Torquemada may have been the driving force behind the Spanish Inquisition, but Ruy Lopez is the far more famous Spanish prelate of the time, to go by Google hits.

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