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Force original sinner to turn religious fanatic
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torquemada
Alternative clues for the word torquemada
- Revolutionary force almost mad at infamous Spanish torturer (10)
- Cruel inquisitor
- Grand Inquisitor, involved in the expulsion of Jews from Spain
- Spanish Grand Inquisitor who was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)
- Persecutor
- Inquisitor whose name now means persecutor
- Grand Inquisitor
Word definitions for torquemada in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Torquemada is an 1869 play by Victor Hugo about Tomás de Torquemada and the Inquisition in Spain. It criticized religious fanaticism and fanatical catholicism . It was first published in 1882, as a protest against antisemitic pogroms in Russia at the time. ...
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.