qualificator

[kwol-uh-fi-key-ter]

noun Roman Catholic Church.

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

Origin of qualificator

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

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Without being a Qualificator of heresy myself, I can tell that you smell of the fire.
The Spanish Brothers
Deborah Alcock
The approbation of the "qualificator" of the Inquisition, who was a bare-footed Carmelite monk.
Mexico and its Religion
Robert A. Wilson