Inquisition is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for INQUISITION in dictionary:

VERB:
• To make inquisistion concerning; to inquire into.
NOUN:
• the act of inquiring
• a period of prolonged and intensive questioning
• a judicial or official inquiry.
• an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IXc.1232 for the suppression of heresy. It was active chiefly in northern Italy and southern France, becoming notorious for the use of torture. In 1542 the papal Inquisition was revived to combat Protestantism, eventually becoming an organ of papal government.
• The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation.
• Judicial inquiry; official examination; inquest.
• The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
• 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.
• a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
• a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the act of inquiring; examination

Words related to INQUISITION

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Words that contain INQUISITION

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How to use INQUISITION in a sentence

• On recovering consciousness he found himself stretched on a pallet in the dungeons of the Inquisition.
• He suffered in the cause of reason and freedom of thought, though, as there is no longer an Inquisition, his enemies had to kill him under the false charge of anarchy and treason.
• The wrath of the Inquisition still pursues him, even in his villa at Arceti in the suburbs of Florence.
• Nay, then, you do me wrong with inquisition, And yet I care not greatly if I tell thee.
• CHAPTER VIII In solitary, in Cell One, Warden Atherton and Captain Jamie proceeded to put me to the inquisition.
• An order was made that this document should be forwarded to the Supreme Inquisition.
• If they clearly prove to be cases not belonging to the Inquisition, he shall return them to the owners.
• He had passed the best years of his life as chief of the Inquisition.
• THE HORRORS OF THE INQUISITION Having looted Antwerp, the treasure chest of Belgium, the Spaniards set up the Inquisition as an organized means of securing property.
• Some elders of his tribe, I should premise, Led in their friend, obedient as a sheep, To bear my inquisition.
• Both of these children were living when the inquisition was made.
• Galileo must go to Rome and answer for having broken the promises he had made to the Inquisition.
• A bold step was even taken towards introducing the inquisition into England.
• It was certainly a place of inquisition, where great cruelties were exercised.
• The Inquisition stood prepared to light its fires and slaughter the heretic.
• He had insisted on the enforcement of the Inquisition in the Netherlands.
• No act which is directed against the Inquisition can deserve the name of a rebellion.
• The doings of the Inquisition in Spain were regarded by all Englishmen with horror, but these excesses were as nothing to the wholesale horrors of the Mexican religion.
• Even Lawyer Napoleon is of opinion that Bruno is being made a victim of that secret inquisition.
• The rising sun saw their labours completed an hour before Morgan and his soldiers arrived to execute their inhuman inquisition.
• There a cloudless sun, In Eastern beauty, pours its light upon The Inquisition.
• The boys, who had just finished washing the dishes, joined the inquisition group in time to hear Mr.
• For the first time in his life he felt a deep pity for his father as he thought of the stern inquisition he was no doubt undergoing.

Similar words containing QUISI without suffix tion and without prefix in

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