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Meanings of spanish inquisition in English

Russian
испанская инквизиция
Portuguese
inquisição espanhola
Spanish
inquisicion en espana
Catalan
llegenda negra de la inquisició espanyola

Ecclesiastical court system under the control of the kings of Spain (1478-1834)

Related terms
испанская инквизиция
Usage of spanish inquisition in English
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Had he been in the Spanish Inquisition sketches, he'd have the set.
Wired
2
Moloch was truly divine, compared with the God of the Spanish Inquisition.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 / A Maga...
3
She would doubtless have had a responsible post with the Spanish Inquisition.
Merton of the Movies
4
She would have had a seat of honor at the Spanish Inquisition.
The klone and i: a high-tech love story
5
We have always defended the persecution of the Huguenots, and the Spanish Inquisition.
Our Day / In the Light of Prophecy
6
It's a tortuous device that must have been created during the Spanish Inquisition.
You say tomato, I say shut up
7
He realized what facing the Spanish Inquisition must have felt like.
Dead air
8
The Spanish Inquisition would have afforded more leeway to an apostate.
A journey: my political life
9
And haters are thumbscrews, Scotch boots, and Spanish inquisitions to themselves.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
10
The Spanish inquisition had never flourished in any soil but that of the peninsula.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 07: 1561-62
11
Rory Best was re-enacting his version of the Spanish Inquisition.
The Irish Times
12
He had formed his own idea of the Spanish Inquisition.
The Wolf's Long Howl
13
The Spanish Inquisition was not abolished till the nineteenth century.
Early European History
14
You know what the Spanish Inquisition did to the Jews?
New york: the novel
15
Like Monty Python's Spanish inquisition, my chief weapon is surprise.
The Guardian
16
Charles wished to introduce the Spanish inquisition, but his councillors were all against it.
The Age of the Reformation