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éԱ de Cisneros

[ hee-me-neth the thees-ne-raws ]

noun

  1. ·· [f, r, ahn-, thees, -kaw], 1436–1517, Spanish cardinal and statesman.


éԱ de Cisneros

/ xiˈmeneð ðe θizˈnerɔs /

noun

  1. éԱ de CisnerosFrancisco14361517MSpanishRELIGION: clergymanPOLITICS: statesman Francisco (franˈθisko). 1436–1517, Spanish cardinal and statesman; regent of Castile (1506–07) and Spain (1516–17) and grand inquisitor for Castile and León (1507–17) AlsoXimenes de CisnerosXimenez de Cisneros
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The opening concert at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn on Wednesday, featuring the Australian multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi and Roc éԱ de Cisneros of the Barcelona electronica duo EVOL, heralded a new edition in which blurred stylistic lines have grown fuzzier still.

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Peering intently into a notebook-computer screen, Mr. éԱ de Cisneros unleashed a prismatic extended tone at excessive volume.

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The present archbishop, I am sure, is a man of the greatest kindliness and wisdom, though seven of his predecessors headed inquisitions in various forms, and one, the dreaded Francisco éԱ de Cisneros, was Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition between 1507 and 1517.

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Don Alfonso de Acuna fought in the civil war during the reign of Enrique IV.; and as a fitting end to this series of political and conquering prelates, rich and powerful as true princes, there arose the Cardinal Mendoza, who fought at the battle of Toro, and at the conquest of Granada, afterwards governing that kingdom; and Jimenez de Cisneros, who, finding no Moors left in the Peninsula to fight, crossed the sea and went to Oran, waving his cross and turning it into a weapon of war.

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