INQUISITION
\ˌɪnkwɪsˈɪʃən], \ˌɪnkwɪsˈɪʃən], \ˌɪ_n_k_w_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of INQUISITION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
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Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
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The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
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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.
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To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
By Oddity Software
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The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
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Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
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The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
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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.
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To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
By Noah Webster.
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An inquiring or searching for: investigation: judicial inquiry: formerly a tribunal in some Catholic countries for examining and punishing heretics.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A tribunal for examination and punishment of heretics.
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Judicial investigation; searching inquiry.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of inquiring ; inquiry; examination; investigation;—judicial inquiry; inquest ;—a tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics in the Roman Catholic Church, established in the 12th century.
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