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JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS

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JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS (noun)
  The noun JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS has 1 sense:

1. prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517)play

  Familiarity information: JIMENEZ DE CISNEROS used as a noun is very rare.


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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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