inquisition
Speech parts
1. inquisition - Noun
2. inquisition - Verb
3. Inquisition - Proper noun
Meaning
The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
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.
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Examples
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.
Being interviewed is one of the most abnormal things that you can do to somebody else. It's two steps removed from the Inquisition.
A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.
A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.
The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.
If you have questions about this salad, give your server the spinach inquisition.