Spanish Inquisition

• n. 西班牙宗教法庭(1480-1834年的天主教法庭；以残酷迫害异端著称)

英英释义

Noun:

1. an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries);

   "the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power"
   "Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition"