Inquisition
31Inquisition — Judicial agency created under papal authority for the discovery, prosecution, and punishment of heresy and certain other acts defined as criminal under canon law, such as bigamy and sodomy. Christianity had always exercised the power to expel… …
32inquisition — n. 1) to carry out, conduct an inquisition 2) a cruel, senseless inquisition * * * [ˌɪnkwɪ zɪʃ(ə)n] conduct an inquisition senseless inquisition a cruel to carry out …
33Inquisition — 1. Die Inquisition erfand ein Mönch, und der Teufel hat ihm dabei das Licht gehalten. 2. Die Inquisition macht Heuchler, Gott allein fromme Christen. – Klosterspiegel, 30, 7; Eiselein, 342. Lat.: Veritas piscatoria est, non inquisitoria.… …
34inquisition — UK [ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌɪŋkwəˈzɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms inquisition : singular inquisition plural inquisitions a long series of difficult questions asked by someone who is very determined to get information from you I knew I d face… …
35inquisition — noun Etymology: Middle English inquisicioun, from Anglo French inquisition, from Latin inquisition , inquisitio, from inquirere Date: 14th century 1. the act of inquiring ; examination 2. a judicial or official inquiry or examination usually… …
36INQUISITION — n. f. Recherche, enquête, où il se mêle de l’arbitraire et une curiosité souvent indiscrète. Sa conduite fut l’objet de l’inquisition la plus offensante. C’est une véritable inquisition. Il se dit plus ordinairement d’un Tribunal établi par… …
37inquisition — in|qui|si|tion [ˌıŋkwıˈzıʃən] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin inquirere; INQUIRE] 1.) the Inquisition a Roman Catholic organization in the past whose aim was to find and punish people who had unacceptable religious beliefs 2.) [C… …
38inquisition — noun 1 the Inquisition the Roman Catholic organization in former times whose aim was to find and punish people who had unacceptable religious beliefs 2 (singular) a series of questions that someone asks you in a threatening or unpleasant way:… …
39Inquisition — die Inquisition (Aufbaustufe) Gericht zur Verfolgung von Häretikern Beispiel: Die Inquisition hatte ihre Wurzeln in Spanien …
40inquisition — /inkwazishan/ An inquiry or inquest; particularly, an investigation of certain facts made by a sheriff, together with a jury impaneled by him for the purpose. The instrument of writing on which their decision is made is also called an inquisition …
