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Inquisition

Inquisition Meaning & Definition
Inquisition Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inquisition?

[n] a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
[n] a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inquisition:

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See Also | court | examination | interrogation | judicature | Spanish Inquisition | tribunal

Inquisition In Webster's Dictionary

\In`qui*si"tion\, n. [L. inquisitio : cf. F. inquisition. See {Inquire}, and cf. {Inquest}.] 1. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation. As I could learn through earnest inquisition. --Latimer. Let not search and inquisition quail To bring again these foolish runaways. --Shak. 2. (Law) (a) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest. (b) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry. --Bouvier. The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county. --Blackstone. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.
\In`qui*si"tion\, v. t. To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.] --Milton.

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