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Persecutor
Answer for the clue "Persecutor ", 10 letters:
torquemada
Alternative clues for the word torquemada
- Grand Inquisitor
- Cruel inquisitor
- Force original sinner to turn religious fanatic
- Spanish Grand Inquisitor who was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)
- Revolutionary force almost mad at infamous Spanish torturer (10)
- Inquisitor whose name now means persecutor
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Tomás de Torquemada is the fictional main villain in the comic strip Nemesis the Warlock , published in the British comic anthology 2000 AD . He eventually appeared in 7 episodes of spin-off adventures of his own. He is named after and inspired by the real ...
Usage examples of torquemada.
Torquemada himself was from a family of conversos, and when King Felipe II made war on the pope, the pope reminded him that Spanish kings were also descendants of conversos.