Inquisition as a noun: - 1
inquisition - 2
inquisition
noun
1 Inquisition
A former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy.
Dutch: inquisitie
Polish: inkwizycja
2 inquisition
A severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals).
Roget 461:
inquiry;
request
etc.
765;
search,
research,
quest,
pursuit
etc.
622.
examination,
review,
scrutiny,
investigation,
indagation†;
perquisition†,
perscrutation†,
pervestigation†;
inquest,
inquisition;
exploration;
exploitation,
ventilation.
sifting;
calculation,
analysis,
dissection,
resolution,
induction;
Baconian method†.
strict inquiry,
close inquiry,
searching inquiry,
exhaustive inquiry;
narrow search,
strict search;
study
etc.
(consideration)
451.
scire facias [Lat.],
ad referendum;
trial.
questioning
etc.
v.;
interrogation,
interrogatory;
interpellation;
challenge,
examination,
cross-examination,
catechism;
feeler,
Socratic method,
zetetic philosophy†;
leading question;
discussion
etc.
(reasoning)
476.
reconnoitering,
reconnaissance;
prying
etc.
v.;
espionage,
espionnage [Fr.];
domiciliary visit,
peep behind the curtain;
lantern of Diogenes.
question,
query,
problem,
desideratum,
point to be solved,
porism†;
subject of inquiry,
field of inquiry,
subject of controversy;
point in dispute,
matter in dispute;
moot point;
issue,
question at issue;
bone of contention
etc.
(discord)
713;
plain question,
fair question,
open question;
enigma
etc.
(secret)
533;
knotty point
etc.
(difficulty)
704;
quodlibet;
threshold of an inquiry.
[person who questions]
inquirer,
investigator,
inquisitor,
inspector,
querist†,
examiner,
catechist;
scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer†;
analyst;
quidnunc [Lat.]
etc.
(curiosity)
455.
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Roget 739:
severity;
strictness,
harshness
etc.
adj.;
rigor,
stringency,
austerity;
inclemency
etc.
(pitilessness)
914.1;
arrogance
etc.
885;
precisianism†.
arbitrary power;
absolutism,
despotism;
dictatorship,
autocracy,
tyranny,
domineering,
oppression;
assumption,
usurpation;
inquisition,
reign of terror,
martial law;
iron heel,
iron rule,
iron hand,
iron sway;
tight grasp;
brute force,
brute strength;
coercion
etc.
744;
strong hand,
tight hand.
hard lines,
hard measure;
tender mercies [Iron.];
sharp practice;
pipe-clay,
officialism.
tyrant,
disciplinarian,
precisian†,
martinet,
stickler,
bashaw†,
despot,
hard master,
Draco,
oppressor,
inquisitor,
extortioner,
harpy,
vulture;
accipitres†,
birds of prey,
raptorials†,
raptors†.
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Roget 966:
tribunal,
court,
board,
bench,
judicatory†;
court of justice,
court of law,
court of arbitration,
administrative court;
inquisition;
guild.
justice seat;
judgment seat,
mercy seat;
woolsack†;
bar of justice;
dock;
forum,
hustings,
bureau,
drumhead;
jury box,
witness box.
senate house,
town hall,
theater;
House of Commons,
House of Lords;
statehouse [U.S.],
townhouse.
assize,
eyre;
wardmote†,
burghmote†;
barmote†;
superior courts of Westminster;
court of record,
court oyer and terminer [Law],
court assize,
court of appeal,
court of error;
High court of Judicature,
High court of Appeal;
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;
Star Chamber;
Court of Chancery,
Court of King's or Queen's Bench,
Court of Exchequer,
Court of Common Pleas,
Court of Probate,
Court of Arches,
Court of Admiralty;
Lords Justices' court,
Rolls court,
Vice Chancellor's court,
Stannary court†,
Divorce court,
Family court,
Palatine court,
county court,
district court,
police court;
sessions;
quarter sessions,
petty sessions;
court-leet [Fr.],
court-baron,
court of pie poudre [Fr.],
court of common council;
board of green cloth.
court martial;
drumhead court martial;
durbar†,
divan;
Areopagus†;
Irota.
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Dutch: enquĂȘte, geloofsonderzoek, getuigenverhoor
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