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GRAND INQUISITOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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