Inquisitor-General
noun plural Inquisitors-General
the head of the Spanish court of Inquisition
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Historical Examples of inquisitor-general
The commission as inquisitor-general was duly issued on June 5, 1507.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1Henry Charles Lea
The title of Inquisitor-general was not immediately invented.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1Henry Charles Lea
He was succeeded in his see by the inquisitor-general, Gaspar Quiroga.
These, I was informed, were a judge long since dead, and an inquisitor-general.
From This World to the NextHenry Fielding
Thomas de Torquemada, first inquisitor-general of Spain, died the 16th of November, 1498.