qualificator
(ˈkwɒlɪfɪkeɪtə(r))
[a. med.L. agent-n. from quālificāre to qualify.]
One of a board of theologians attached to the Holy Office, who report on the character (heretical or otherwise) of propositions submitted to them. Cf. qualifier 3.
| 1688 Burnet Lett. St. Italy 20 One of the Qualificators of the Inquisition. 1736 Chandler Hist. Persec. 178 The decision in such affairs belongs to the Divines, who are thence called Qualificators. 1826 Blackw. Mag. XX. 76 The whole..is then transferred by the Inquisitors to Theologians, Qualificators of the Holy Office. |