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inquisitor Definition

in·quisi·tor (in kwizə tər)

noun

  1. an official whose work is examining, or making an inquisition
  2. any harsh or prying questioner
  3. an official of the Inquisition

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

inquisitor Usage Examples

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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