grand inquisitor
Americannoun
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The king is trapped between his own power and that of the Catholic Church, wielded by a 90-year-old, blind grand inquisitor.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Kromberg is the government's grand inquisitor in cases of terrorism and national security.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021
“He is crushing it in the polls,” beamed Palin, the obverse to Fox’s grand inquisitor, Megyn Kelly.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2015
And whose limbs got buried where The grand inquisitor unearths deeply.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2012
“Tell the grand inquisitor and his council from me to be at their posts, and to lay the axe at the root of the evil before it spreads further.”
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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