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Grand Inquisitor

DEFINITIONS OF: Grand Inquisitor

1

n director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)

Examples:
Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros
prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)
Tomas de Torquemada
the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)
Type of:
Inquisitor
an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition
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