Inquisitor-General

noun plural Inquisitors-General

the head of the Spanish court of Inquisition

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The commission as inquisitor-general was duly issued on June 5, 1507.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1
Henry Charles Lea
The title of Inquisitor-general was not immediately invented.
A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1
Henry Charles Lea
He was succeeded in his see by the inquisitor-general, Gaspar Quiroga.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4
Various
These, I was informed, were a judge long since dead, and an inquisitor-general.
From This World to the Next
Henry Fielding
Thomas de Torquemada, first inquisitor-general of Spain, died the 16th of November, 1498.
The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII.
Juan Antonio Llorente