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qualificator

American

[kwol-uh-fi-key-ter] / ˈkwɒl ə fɪˌkeɪ tər /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

(in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.

Etymology

Origin of qualificator

1680–90; < Medieval Latin quālificātor, equivalent to quālificā ( re ) to qualify + Latin -tor -tor

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The approbation of the "qualificator" of the Inquisition, who was a bare-footed Carmelite monk.

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