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torquemada

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Tor⋅que⋅ma⋅da

  [tawr-kuh-mah-duh; Sp. tawr-ke-mah-thah]
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To⋅más de  [taw-mahs the] , 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.
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Tor·que·ma·da   (tôr'kə-mä'də, tôr'kě-mä'thä)   
Spanish Dominican friar who was appointed grand inquisitor by Pope Innocent VIII (1487). Under his authority, thousands of Jews, suspected witches, and others were killed or tortured during the Spanish Inquisition.
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