inquisition | ||
1. | [ noun ] (law,Roman Catholic) a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy | |
Related terms: | court spanish_inquisition | |
2. | [ noun ] a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals) | |
Related terms: | interrogation | |
Similar spelling: |
incision inquisitive inquisitor inquisitively inquisitory insistent inquisitorial insisting insistency insistence in_question insistently injustice |