(n) an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants, Syn.Congregation of the Inquisition, Example: it was the Roman Inquisition that put Galileo on trial
(n) an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries), Example: the Spanish Inquisition was administered by both civil and church authorities which gave it ultimate power; Torquemada was the inquisitor general for the Spanish Inquisition
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ L. inquisitio : cf. F. inquisition. See Inquire, and cf. Inquest. ] 1. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation. [ 1913 Webster ]
As I could learn through earnest inquisition. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let not search and inquisition quail To bring again these foolish runaways. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Law) (a) Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest. (b) The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]
The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ LL. inquisitionalis. ] Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition. [ 1913 Webster ]
All the inquisitional rigor . . . executed upon books. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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