the Spanish Inquisitionnoun [ + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌspæn.ɪʃ ɪn.kwɪˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌspæn.ɪʃ ɪn.kwəˈzɪʃ.ən/an organization within the Roman Catholic Church that existed from 1542 to 1834, created to punish people whose religious beliefs were considered wrong
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Christianity: The Roman Catholic Church
- beatify
- catholic
- Cistercian
- conclave
- concordat
- confessional
- ex cathedra
- Hail Mary
- inquisition
- liberation theology
- Madonna
- Marian
- Roman Catholicism
- tabernacle
- the Angelus
- the Holy See
- the Immaculate Conception
- the Vatican
- transubstantiation
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Renaissance: 1501 to 1899