Grand Inquisitor

Other forms: Grand Inquisitors

Definitions of Grand Inquisitor

1. noun

   director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)
   examples:

   Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros

   prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)

   Tomas de Torquemada

   the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)

   type of:

   Inquisitor

   an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition