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- 1. a period of prolonged and intensive questioning: "she relented in her determined inquisition and offered help"
- 2. an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX c. 1232 for the suppression of heresy. It was active chiefly in northern Italy and southern France, becoming notorious for the use of torture. In 1542 the papal Inquisition was revived to combat Protestantism, eventually becoming an organ of papal government.
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1. a. capitalized : a former Roman Catholic tribunal for the discovery and punishment of heresy. b. : an investigation conducted with little regard for individual rights. c. : a severe questioning. 2. : a judicial or official inquiry or examination usually before a jury. also : the finding of the jury. 3. : the act of inquiring : examination.
INQUISITION definition: 1. a period of asking questions in a detailed and unfriendly way: 2. in the past, an official…. Learn more.
Aug 30, 2024 · Inquisition, a judicial procedure and later an institution that was established by the papacy and, sometimes, by secular governments to combat heresy. The name was applied to commissions in the 13th century and subsequently to similar structures in early modern Europe.
Nov 17, 2017 · The Inquisition was a powerful office set up within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and the Americas. Beginning in the 12th century and continuing...
[5] During the Late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, the scope of the Inquisition grew significantly in response to the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation. During this period, the Inquisition conducted by the Holy See was known as the Roman Inquisition.
noun [ S ] us / ˌɪn.kwɪˈzɪʃ.ən / uk / ˌɪn.kwɪˈzɪʃ.ən / in the past, an official organization in the Roman Catholic Church whose purpose was to find and punish people who opposed its beliefs. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Christianity: The Roman Catholic Church. anti-Catholicism. apostolic. beatification. Cistercian. concordat.
Definition of inquisition noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. the act of inquiring deeply or searchingly; investigation. 2. a deep or searching inquiry, esp a ruthless official investigation of individuals in order to suppress revolt or root out the unorthodox. 3. an official inquiry, esp one held by a jury before an officer of the Crown. 4. another word for inquest (sense 2)
The earliest known use of the noun inquisition is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for inquisition is from around 1384, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version) . inquisition is a borrowing from French.
An inquisition is an official investigation, especially one that is very thorough and uses harsh methods of questioning. [...] More. Definitions of 'Inquisition' history. a judicial institution of the Roman Catholic Church (1232–1820) founded to discover and suppress heresy. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'inquisition'
