inquisitor

in·quisi·tor (in kwiz′ə tər)

noun

Etymology: OFr inquisiteur < L inquisitor < inquisitus, pp.: see inquire

Preposition: of

faith: Their members are acting as inquisitors of the faith.
freedom: The inquisitors of press freedom in Colombia Luis Fernandes calls for international support as Colombian journalists seek to break the code of silence.

Converse of object

make: And I laughed heartily with Charles Morgan's little " making the inquisitor funny " bit- it will probably always be my favorite book.

Adjective modifier

grand: Ed Caesar meets them Edward Albee: The grand inquisitor Published: 02 February 2006 ' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
chief: Listeners must have felt that Today ' s chief inquisitors, John Humphrys and James Naughtie, had moderated their toughness when confronting politicians.
Dominican: It was written by two dominican inquisitors in 1486.
medieval: He has to do this because, for him, like the medieval inquisitors, no challenge to biblical truth is acceptable.
great: Dubbed ' the great inquisitor ' , Ratzinger ( 78 ) was one of Pope John Paul II's closest aides.

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