noun. The act of inquiring into a matter; an investigation. synonym: inquiry.

noun. An inquest.

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noun. A tribunal formerly held in the Roman Catholic Church and directed at the suppression of heresy.

noun. An investigation that violates the privacy or rights of individuals, especially through rigorous or harsh interrogation.

noun. A rigorous or severe questioning.

To subject to inquisition or inquiry; investigate.

noun. The act of inquiring; close search or examination; investigation; inquiry.

noun. In law: Inquiry by a jury impaneled by the sheriff, a coroner, or a board of commissioners, to ascertain facts necessary for judicial or legal purposes other than the trial of an action.

noun. The document embodying the result of such inquiry.

noun. [capitalized] In the Roman Catholic Church, an ecclesiastical court, officially styled the Holy Office, for the suppression of heresy by the detection and punishment of heretics and by other means.

transitive verb. To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.

noun. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.

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noun. Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.

noun. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.

noun. A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy.

noun. an investigation or inquiry into the truth of some matter

noun. an inquest

noun. a questioning

verb. To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.

noun. a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)

noun. a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

"Nothing quite says 'medieval' the way the word 'inquisition' does."

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inquisition post mortem  

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