About The Word Inquisition
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Inquisition
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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: Related Terms | Find terms related to Inquisition: analysis | Areopagus | assize | board | change of venue | council | court-martial | cross-examination | cross-interrogation | cross-questioning | curia | delving | direct examination | examination | forum | grilling | hearing | inquest | inquirendo | inquiring | inquiring mind | inquiry | investigation | judicatory | judicature | judiciary | jury trial | mistrial | police interrogation | probe | probing | quest | redirect examination | research | the grill | the Inquisition | third-degree | trial | trial by jury | tribunal 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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