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FRANCISCO JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS
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• FRANCISCO JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS (noun)
The noun FRANCISCO JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS has 1 sense:
1. prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)
Familiarity information: FRANCISCO JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS used as a noun is very rare.
• FRANCISCO JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros; Jimenez de Cisneros
Instance hypernyms:
archpriest; hierarch; high priest; prelate; primate (a senior clergyman and dignitary)
Grand Inquisitor (director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal))
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