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Definition of Inquisition

1. Noun. A former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy.

2. Noun. A severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals).

Definition of Inquisition

1. n. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.

2. v. t. To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.

Definition of Inquisition

1. Proper noun. a tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy ¹

2. Proper noun. (context by extension) a harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates the rights of an individual ¹

3. Noun. an investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter ¹

4. Noun. an inquest ¹

5. Noun. a questioning ¹

6. Verb. (obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inquisition

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inquisition

1. 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. Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry. "The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county." (Blackstone) 3. 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. Origin: L. Inquisitio: cf. F. Inquisition. See Inquire, and cf. Inquest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inquisition

inquirance inquire inquire after inquire of inquired inquirent inquirer inquirers inquires inquiries

inquiring inquiringly inquiry inquiry agent inquisible inquisition (current term) inquisition post mortem inquisitional inquisitionary inquisitioned

inquisitioning inquisitions inquisitive inquisitively inquisitiveness inquisitor inquisitorial inquisitorially inquisitorious inquisitors

Literary usage of Inquisition

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

1. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1902)
"ROBERT LE BOUGRE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF THE inquisition IN NORTHERN FRANCE I. IN few fields of historical investigation has greater advance been made in ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The Spanish inquisition thus, though founded by Rome, did not remain under its ... It was this third or Spanish form of the inquisition the success of which ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"Indeed, Ferdinand VII. restored the inquisition along with the Restoration ... The inquisition persisted long also in Portugal, where it was mainly directed ..."

4. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"General Principles of the inquisition ; its Existence amongst the Greeks and ... The Royal Spanish inquisition ; its Political Purpose; it is opposed hy the ..."

5. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1888)
"This was the inquisition. It was reorganized in Italy on the recommendation ... The inquisition was an institution which had its origin in the early days of ..."

6. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1901)
"This was the inquisition. It was reorganized in Italy on the recommendation ... The inquisition was an institution which had its origin in the early days of ..."

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