Defenition of the word inquisition

• Defenition of the word inquisition

  • Any one of several institutions charged with trying and convicting heretics (or other offenders against canon law) within the justice-system of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • a severe interrogation
  • a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
  • a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

Synonyms for the word inquisition

• • examination
  • inquest
  • inquiry
  • investigation

Similar words in the inquisition

• • inquisition
  • inquisition's
  • inquisitions

Hyponyms for the word inquisition

• • Spanish Inquisition

Hypernyms for the word inquisition

• • court
  • examination
  • interrogation
  • interrogatory
  • judicature
  • tribunal

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