Definition of Grand Inquisitor

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


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Grand Inquisitor (current term)
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Literary usage of Grand Inquisitor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Frederick Schiller by Friedrich Schiller, Henry George Bohn, Alexander James William Morrison (1872)
"Grand Inquisitor. When Philip bends with due humility. ... Grand Inquisitor. To appease eternal justice, God's own Son Expired upon the cross. KING. ..."

2. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1906)
"f The appointment of a Grand Inquisitor, which took place in this year, was another important step in the organisation of the new tribunal. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"9) Sixtus IV bestowed on Torquemada the office of grand inquisitor, the institution of which indicates a decided advance in the development of the Spanish ..."

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