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Torquemada

[ tawr-kuh-mah-duh; Spanish tawr-ke-mah-thah ]

noun

  1. To·más de [taw-, mahs, , th, e], 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.


Torquemada

/ tɔrkeˈmaða /

noun

  1. TorquemadaTomás de14201498MSpanishRELIGION: monkPOLITICS: Inquisitor-General Tomás de (toˈmas de). 1420–98, Spanish Dominican monk. As first Inquisitor-General of Spain (1483–98), he was responsible for the burning of some 2000 heretics


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If Joe Arpaio, that Phoenix Torquemada, hands over an undocumented 18-year-old to DHS officials, are they going to say no thanks?

It is as old as the church itself, which gave the world Saint Francis as well as Torquemada.

I regard Lucrezia Borgia as a homicidal maniac, and Torquemada as a religious maniac.

Hence followed the struggle, detailed by Torquemada, which resulted in Huetzin's elevation to the throne he had so long coveted.

The Huexotlas, according to Torquemada, withdrew their allegiance on hearing that the Aztecs were to be aided.

Torquemada and Clavigero connect the latter part of this campaign with a subsequent one against Coyuhuacan.

Torquemada and Acosta assert that Acamapichtli's reign was a very peaceful one.

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