Associations to the word «Inquisition»
Noun
- Suspicion
- Humanism
- Zeal
- Estab
- Mendoza
- Behest
- Executioner
- Fray
- Index
- Monarchy
- Maratha
- Luis
- Cassandra
- Antwerp
- Radcliffe
- Armada
- Dogma
- Blot
- Visitation
- Homosexuality
- Brutality
- Sect
- Jurisdiction
- Creed
- Madden
- Archbishop
- Spanish
- Jewish
- Monk
- Bartholomew
- Judgement
- Habsburg
- Inquiry
- Bloodshed
- Indulgence
- Descendant
- Prefect
- Inconvenience
- Gregory
- Magistrate
- Tomas
- Sicily
- Inquest
- Secrecy
- Conscience
- Poll
- Dur
- Establishment
- Ferrara
- Calvin
- Viii
- Hypocrisy
- Massacre
- Victim
- Netherlands
- Parma
- Counter
- Clutch
- Reformer
- Poe
- Conversion
- Lyle
- Campo
- Pedro
- Malta
- Religion
- Porta
- Bookseller
Adjective
Wiktionary
INQUISITION, noun. An investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter
INQUISITION, noun. An inquest
INQUISITION, noun. A questioning
INQUISITION, noun. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
INQUISITION, verb. (obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.
INQUISITION, proper noun. (historical) a tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.
INQUISITION, proper noun. (by extension) a harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates the rights of an individual
INQUISITION POST MORTEM, noun. An local investigation, in medieval England, into the lands of a deceased person in order to discover what income and legal rights were due to the crown
Dictionary definition
INQUISITION, noun. A former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy.
INQUISITION, noun. A severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals).
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