grand inquisitor
Americannoun
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In the final film, Brooks takes center stage during this segment, hamming it up as the grand inquisitor Torquemada.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2022
The king is trapped between his own power and that of the Catholic Church, wielded by a 90-year-old, blind grand inquisitor.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett is the grand inquisitor of human emotions.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2017
“He is crushing it in the polls,” beamed Palin, the obverse to Fox’s grand inquisitor, Megyn Kelly.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2015
Am I to play the grand inquisitor till the end of my days?
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various
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