Inquisitor-General
Britishnoun
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A license to publish was then obtained from the Inquisitor-General, and the Vicar-General of Florence, after great delay.
From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.
Suddenly one day the order of confiscation came from the Inquisitor-General.
From Study of the King James Bible by McAfee, Cleland Boyd
Such was the learning patronized by Henry, under whose auspices that horrid tribunal, the Inquisition, was erected at Lisbon, where he himself long presided as Inquisitor-General.
From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de
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 Brewster, David, Sir
The animosity of Juan de Regla against the archbishop of Toledo, was soon manifested in two voluntary informations before the Inquisitor-General Valdes, on the 9th and 23rd of December, in 1558, at Valladolid.
From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio
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