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Torquemada definition

Tor·que·mada (tôr′kə mäd′ə; Sp tō̂r′ke mä′t̸hä)

Torquemada, Tomás de (tō̂ mäs′t̸he) 1420-98; Sp. Dominican monk: first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition

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