| NOUN | group | Inquisition | a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy / heresy |
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| communication | inquisition | a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals) |
| Sounds | ih.nkwahzih'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy / heresy. | |
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| Instances | Roman Inquisition, Congregation of the Inquisition | An inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants |
| Spanish Inquisition | An inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries) | |
| Broader | court, tribunal, judicature | An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business |
| Spanish | Inquisición | |
| Meaning | A severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals). | |
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| Broader | interrogation, examination, interrogatory | formal systematic questioning |
| Spanish | inquisición, investigación | |
| Catalan | inquisició, investigació | |
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