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Definition of Torquemada
1. Noun. The Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Torquemada
Literary usage of Torquemada
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"The title of Inquisitor-general was not immediately invented. In a sentence
pronounced at Ciudad-Real, March 15, 1485, Torquemada is styled simply "juez ..."
2. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"The title of Inquisitor-general was not immediately invented. In a sentence
pronounced at Ciudad-Real, March 15, 1485, Torquemada is styled simply " juez ..."
3. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Goldwin Smith, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus, Ralph Francis Kerr (1891)
"After the " incorruptible and indefatigable " Carvajal we must mention his
distinguished fellow-countryman, Juan de Torquemada,f who belonged to a family of ..."
4. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Goldwin Smith, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus, Ralph Francis Kerr (1894)
"12, Secret Archives of the Vatican. t Torquemada wrote at this time a Treatise
against the Arch-heretic Mahomet; see LEDERER, 268 and Bibl. Hisp. ..."
5. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1906)
"12, Secret Archives of the Vatican. t Torquemada wrote at this time a Treatise
against the Arch-heretic Mahomet; see LEDERER, 268, and Bibl. Hisp. ..."
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