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IBERIA |
Spain & Portugal |
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AGUARDIENTE |
A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal. |
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FISCAL |
The solicitor in Spain and Portugal; the attorney-general. |
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FIDALGO |
The lowest title of nobility in Portugal, corresponding to
that of Hidalgo in Spain. |
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AUTO-DA-FE |
A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal
condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses. |
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INFANTA |
A title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings
of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest. |
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INFANTE |
A title given to every one of sons of the kings of Spain
and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent. |
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CORTES |
The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy,
and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers,
in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain. |
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INQUISITION |
A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment
of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its
operations were chiefly ... |
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LOTUS |
The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in
Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the
fruit of which is mil... |