Thesaurus: inquisition

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1. n. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
2. n. Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
3. n. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
4. n. 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.
5. v. t. To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
6. n. a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
7. n. a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
8. 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. To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into. [Obs.] Milton.
9. A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment ofheretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Itsoperations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and theirdependencies, and a part of Italy.
10. n:100 n. a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy n. a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)