inquisitor
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in·quis·i·tor
(ĭn-kwĭz'ĭ-tər) 
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One who inquires or makes an inquisition, especially a questioner who is excessively rigorous or harsh.
n.
One who inquires or makes an inquisition, especially a questioner who is excessively rigorous or harsh.
[Middle English inquisitour, from Latin inquīsītor, from inquīsītus, past participle of inquīrere, to inquire into. See inquire.]
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inquisitor
noun
- One who inquires: inquirer, investigator, prober, querier, quester, questioner, researcher. See ask/answer, investigate.
- One who conducts an official inquiry, usually with no regard for human rights: interrogator, questioner. See ask/answer, investigate.
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Inquisitor
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This article is about the religious office in historic Christianity. For other uses, see Inquisitor (disambiguation).
An inquisitor was an official in an Inquisition, an organisation or program intended to eliminate heresy and other things frowned on by the Roman Catholic Church. Literally, an inquisitor is one who "searches out" or "inquires" (Latin inquirere < quaerere, "to seek").
The chief inquisitor of an Inquisition was often called the Grand Inquisitor.
Prominent inquisitors
Some of the more well-known inquisitors throughout history include:
- Arnaut Catalan
- Bernard Gui
- Diego Deza
- Fabio Chigi (later Pope Alexander VII)
- Hentenius
- Heinrich Institoris, author of Malleus Maleficarum
- Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros
- Francisco Peña
- Giovanni Pietro Carafa
- James Sprenger, possible co-author of Malleus Maleficarum
- Konrad von Marburg
- Pedro de Arbués
- Stephen of Bourbon
- Tomás de Torquemada
- Nicolau Aymerich author of Directorium Inquisitorum
- Sebastien Michaelis
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Inquisitor
Dansk (Danish)
n. - undersøgelsesdommer
Nederlands (Dutch)
inquisiteur, ondervrager
Français (French)
n. - (Jur) enquêteur, (Relig, Hist, fig) inquisiteur
Deutsch (German)
n. - Inquisitor, offizieller Ermittler
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιστ.) ιεροεξεταστής
Italiano (Italian)
inquisitore
Português (Portuguese)
n. - inquisidor (m)
Русский (Russian)
исследователь, судебный следователь, инквизитор
Español (Spanish)
n. - inquisidor
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ledare för undersökning, inkvisitor
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
询问者, 检察官, 审问者
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 詢問者, 檢察官, 審問者
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 심문자, 검찰관, 종교 재판관
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) المحقق, الباحث, الفضولي, قاضي التحقيق
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חוקר רשמי, אינקוויזיטור
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