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- proper noun an
extension of thePapal Inquisition , set up in 15th centurySpain , to investigate andpunish convertedJews andMuslims thought to beinsincere . - proper noun figuratively Excessive
questioning orinterrogation
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- noun 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)
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Examples
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Come and see - we won't call the Spanish Inquisition on you!
Bishops in the Catholic Church Fred 2007
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Come and see - we won't call the Spanish Inquisition on you!
Archive 2007-11-01 Fred 2007
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The Liberals would like Canadians to see Stephen Harper as somewhat less cuddly than Dracula, and the Tory Party is an engine of reaction and repression compared to which the Spanish Inquisition was the early Vatican's idea of a quiz show.
Peace, order and good government, eh?: January 2006 Archives 2006
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The doctor's drill, likely purchased at the Going Out of Business sale of the Spanish Inquisition, was belt-driven and had a non-factory-installed feature that varied its speed at random intervals.
Mark Steinberg: My Doctor Says I'm Not Dead But I Want a Second Opinion Mark Steinberg 2011
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The doctor's drill, likely purchased at the Going Out of Business sale of the Spanish Inquisition, was belt-driven and had a non-factory-installed feature that varied its speed at random intervals.
Mark Steinberg: My Doctor Says I'm Not Dead But I Want a Second Opinion Mark Steinberg 2011
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It changes across time, he said, pointing to the earliest known manuscript fragment of Genesis, a section of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a Jewish Torah the five books of Moses from the time of the Spanish Inquisition, and more.
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It changes across time, he said, pointing to the earliest known manuscript fragment of Genesis, a section of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a Jewish Torah the five books of Moses from the time of the Spanish Inquisition, and more.
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Traders and commentators in London, whose default way of thinking is to trace a direct line from the Spanish Inquisition and Armada to the euro via Richelieu, Napoleon and the Luftwaffe, are perennially in danger of underestimating how deeply the idea of "Europe" is synonymous with peace and order, and how real, how recent and how awful the alternatives are in Continental minds.
Home of the Butter Mountain Still Has Considerable Reserves of Good Old Fudge Geoffrey Smith 2011
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It changes across time, he said, pointing to the earliest known manuscript fragment of Genesis, a section of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a Jewish Torah the five books of Moses from the time of the Spanish Inquisition, and more.
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Over at the Honda fan site vtec.net they're in the midst of a high-tech Spanish Inquisition, with John Mendel , American Honda's executive vice president for sales, as guest of honor.
Honda's Sporty New Civic, Heavy on the 'Ick' Dan Neil 2011
hernesheir commented on the word Spanish Inquisition
"Tough love for heretics" - from the US situational comedy "Frasier" episode with "Dr Nora", at the 6.20 mark.
February 26, 2011