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Word: Inquisition
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting a searching examination): via Old French from Latin inquisitio(n-) ‘examination’, from the verb inquirere (see inquire)
ˌɪnkwɪˈzɪʃn
a period of prolonged and intensive questioning
Short Definition:period of prolonged questioning
Examples:- she relented in her determined inquisition and offered help
an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IXc.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.
Short Definition:ecclesiastical tribunal
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