| 单词 | inquisitor-general |
| 释义 | > as lemmasInquisitor-General b. Inquisitor-General, the head of the court of Inquisition in certain countries, esp. in Spain. Grand Inquisitor, a director of a court of Inquisition in certain countries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > papal court (Inquisition) > [noun] > officer of > chief Inquisitor-General1659 Grand Inquisitor1857 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 78 Gregory the Fifteenth, then Pope, exhorted the Bishop of Conchen Inquisitor-General of Spain, to improve the opportunity. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4854/1 The Duke of Anjou has created Cardinal de Giudicis Inquisitor General of Spain. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 104 No grand inquisitor could worse invent. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVI. 408/2 Soon after [1482], the pope appointed Thomas de Torquemada, prior of the Dominican convent of Segovia, to the new dignity of inquisitor-general of the kingdom of Castile. 1857 C. M. Yonge Cameos xlii, in Monthly Packet Aug. 117 They were to be tried before the grand inquisitor, Guillaume Humbert, a Dominican friar. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Theologian's Tale i, in Tales Wayside Inn 173 Torquemada, with his subtle brain, Ruled them, as Grand Inquisitor of Spain. < as lemmas |
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