inquisition
Meanings
Plural: inquisitions
Noun
- a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
- a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
- An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
- An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
- Such an investigation that is asserted to be persecutory by its adversaries.
- An inquest.
- A questioning.
- The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
Verb
- To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere. The sense implying persecution is influenced by the name of the Spanish Inquisition, which is a cardinal exemplar of government inquisitions that give inquisitions a bad name.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 20
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Words With Friends Score: 23
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