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GRAND INQUISITOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Grand Inquisitor" is a kind of...):
Inquisitor (an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition)
Domain region:
Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))
Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)
Instance hyponyms:
Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros; Jimenez de Cisneros (prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517))
Tomas de Torquemada; 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))
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