Inquisitor-General
Britishnoun
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Suddenly one day the order of confiscation came from the Inquisitor-General.
From Study of the King James Bible by Cleland Boyd McAfee
He assigned the same excuse for his having omitted to mention this injunction to Riccardi, and to the Inquisitor-General at Florence, when he obtained the licence to print his Dialogues.
From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Sir David Brewster
IN December, 1521, the Inquisitor-General for the diocese of Besançon, Boin by name, heard a case of a sufficiently terrible nature to produce a profound sensation of alarm in the neighbourhood.
From The Book of Were-Wolves by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Luis de Leon's second request was addressed direct to the Inquisitor-General: this petition was disregarded.
From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly
Baius, however, remained in the possession of his dignities, was appointed in 1575 Chancellor of Louvain University; and the King of Spain even conferred upon him the office of Inquisitor-General in the Netherlands.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
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