Spanish Inquisition

noun

1. the Inquisition in Spain, under state control from 1480 to 1834, marked by the extreme severity and cruelty of its proceedings in the 16th century.

Spanish Inquisition

noun

1. the institution that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain, chiefly by the persecution of Jews and Muslims, esp from the 15th to 17th centuries See also Inquisition

Spanish Inquisition

1. The church court of the Inquisition , as established in Spain in the late fifteenth century. ( See also Tomás de Torquemada (see also Torquemada ).)

Example Sentences

They set themselves apart, much like the Jews of Chefchaouen - or the blue city of Morocco - who settled in the older part of town known as Medina, in the 15th Century, while fleeing the Spanish Inquisition.

From BBC

Here's a bit of a history lesson: My family was originally from Sicily, and we're talking before the Spanish Inquisition of 1492.

From Salon

"Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe blaming the Jews from the Black Death to the Spanish Inquisition to the space lasers will all go away if Israel does right. And peace will reign and people will no longer baselessly blame the Jews when things don't work out exactly the way they want them to."

From Salon

Jews settled in Bosnia in the 15th century after fleeing the Spanish Inquisition.

From Seattle Times

Consider the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, the history of American slavery, the attempted genocide against Native Americans and the oppression of women.

From Salon