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Inquisition

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Noun

1. inquisition

a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

2. inquisition

a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inquisition

see synonyms of inquisition
noun
1. 
the act of inquiring deeply or searchingly; investigation
2. 
a deep or searching inquiry, esp a ruthless official investigation of individuals in order to suppress revolt or root out the unorthodox
3. 
an official inquiry, esp one held by a jury before an officer of the Crown
4.  another word for inquest (sense 2)
noun
history
a judicial institution of the Roman Catholic Church (1232–1820) founded to discover and suppress heresy
See also Spanish Inquisition

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Inquisition

see synonyms of inquisition
noun
1. 
the act of inquiring; investigation
2.  [I-]; Roman Catholic Church
a. 
a former general tribunal established in the 13th cent. for the discovery and suppression of heresy and the punishment of heretics
b. 
the activities of this tribunal
3. 
a. 
any harsh or arbitrary suppression or punishment of dissidents or nonconformists
b. 
any severe or intensive questioning
4.  Law
a. 
an inquest or any judicial inquiry
b. 
the written finding of such an inquiry

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inquisition

see synonyms of inquisition
n.
1. The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation. See Synonyms at inquiry.
2. Law An inquest.
3.
a. Inquisition A tribunal formerly held in the Roman Catholic Church and directed at the suppression of heresy.
b. An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.
c. A rigorous or severe questioning: "Looking pained at having to endure another inquisition [from the press, the football coach] assumed his usual monotone as he parried questions" (Judy Battista).

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