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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inquisition/ɪnkwɪˈzɪʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a period of prolonged and intensive questioning.
- 2 (the Inquisition) an ecclesiastical tribunal established c.1232 for the suppression of heresy, notorious for its use of torture.
- 3 historical a judicial or official inquiry.
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inquisitional adjective.
inquisitional adjective.
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