grand inquisitor
Noun
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Director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal) (synset 110162057)
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
is a type of: inquisitor - an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisitionspecific instances:- 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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