FRANCISCO JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)

Synonyms:

Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros; Jimenez de Cisneros

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

archpriest; hierarch; high priest; prelate; primate (a senior clergyman and dignitary)

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

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