Torquemada
/ˌtɔːkɪˈmɑːdə, 〈西〉torkeˈmaða/- Torquemada, Tomás de (c. 1420-98), Spanish cleric and Grand Inquisitor. A Dominican monk, he became confessor to Ferdinand and Isabella, whom he persuaded to institute the Inquisition in 1478. He was also the prime mover behind the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in and after 1492.托尔克马达, 托马斯·德（约1420-1498, 西班牙教士, 宗教总裁判官, 多明我会修士; 他是斐迪南国王和伊莎贝拉女王的告解神父, 并劝说他们于1478年设立宗教裁判所; 他还是始于1492年的驱逐犹太人出西班牙事件的主使者）。