Definition of Inquisitional

1. a. Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition.

Definition of Inquisitional

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an inquisition. ¹

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Definition of Inquisitional

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquisitional

inquire after
inquire of
inquired
inquirent
inquirer
inquirers
inquires
inquiries
inquiring
inquiringly
inquiry
inquiry agent
inquisible
inquisition
inquisition post mortem
inquisitional (current term)
inquisitionary
inquisitioned
inquisitioning
inquisitions
inquisitive
inquisitively
inquisitiveness
inquisitor
inquisitorial
inquisitorially
inquisitorious
inquisitors
inquisitory
inquisitour

Literary usage of Inquisitional

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"Wohlwill, in order to overcome it, has put himself through an elaborate course of inquisitional literature, studying minutely the fixed technical forms for ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"So little did he think of displacing episcopal authority that, on the contrary, he provided explicitly that no inquisitional tribunal was to work anywhere ..."

3. History of the Christian Church by John Fletcher Hurst (1897)
"The inquisitional process," says Lea, " as thus perfected was sure of its victim. No one whom a judge wished to condemn could escape. ..."

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