Inquisitor

//ɪnˈkwɪzətəɹ//

Synonyms for "inquisitor" (43 found)

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Translations

24 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • инквизитор noun (official of the Inquisition)

Catalan

3 entries
  • inquiridor noun (interrogator, questioner)
  • inquisidor noun (interrogator, questioner)
  • inquisidor noun (official of the Inquisition)

Czech

1 entries
  • inkvizitor noun (interrogator, questioner)

Danish

2 entries
  • inkvisitor noun (official of the Inquisition)
  • udspørger noun (interrogator, questioner)

French

1 entries
  • inquisiteur noun (interrogator, questioner)

German

4 entries
  • Befrager noun (interrogator, questioner)
  • Inquisitor noun (interrogator, questioner)
  • Inquisitor noun (official of the Inquisition)
  • Ketzerrichter noun (official of the Inquisition)

Greek

1 entries
  • ανακριτής noun (interrogator, questioner)

Polish

1 entries
  • inkwizytor noun (official of the Inquisition)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • inquiridor noun (interrogator, questioner)
  • inquisidor noun (interrogator, questioner)
  • inquisidor noun (official of the Inquisition)

Spanish

2 entries
  • inquisidor noun (interrogator, questioner)
  • inquisidor noun (official of the Inquisition)

Swedish

1 entries
  • inkvisitor noun (official of the Inquisition)

Welsh

2 entries
  • chwilyswr noun (interrogator, questioner)
  • chwilyswr noun (official of the Inquisition)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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In the 15th century the Spanish inquisitor Pedro de Arbués de Épila organized in Zaragoza a game of "living chess" with heretics to stand in as figures who were put to death when they were "captured". In 1867 Arbués was canonized by Pope Pius IX.

Source: tatoeba (3536473)

Through the discovery of the New World and its inhabitants, theologists were in a quandary, which they tried to overcome in various ways. Thus the doctrine came about that there were other ancestors besides Adam in other parts of the world. Grand Inquisitor Tomás de Torquemada believed that humans and animals had been carried by angels across the ocean. And still others, such as the Jesuit priest Joseph-François Lafitau, simply denied that the Indians were ever created by God - only atheists could make such a claim.

Source: tatoeba (7872168)

During the meeting, Jake turned into an inquisitor, firing questions at the presenter non-stop.

Source: wiktionary

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