grand inquisitor
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1. director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal) (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | inquisitor, |
| definition | : | an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | tomas de torquemada, torquemada, |
| definition | : | the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498) (noun.person) |
| domain region | : | portugal, portuguese republic, |
| definition | : | a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil) (noun.location) |
| domain region | : | espana, kingdom of spain, spain, |
| definition | : | a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power (noun.location) |
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