spanish ınquisition

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Spanish Inquisition

Excessive questioning or interrogation

I agreed to answer a few questions, but I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.

Spanish Inquisition

an extension of the Papal Inquisition, set up in 15th century Spain, to investigate and punish converted Jews and Muslims thought to be insincere

Spanish Inquisition

{i} Inquisition in Spain from 1480 to 1834 that protected the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain and under which an extremely large number of people (especially Jewish people) were tortured and executed