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• Inquisition — • By this term is usually meant a special ecclesiastical institutional for combating or suppressing heresy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Inquisition     Inquisition      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Inquisition —    Judicial agency created under papal authority for the discovery, prosecution, and punishment of heresy and certain other acts defined as criminal under canon law, such as bigamy and sodomy. Christianity had always exercised the power to expel… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• INQUISITION — INQUISITION, special permanent tribunal of the medieval Catholic Church, established to investigate and combat heresy. The Early Institution Although the Inquisition was established by Pope gregory ix , it owed its name to the procedure… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Inquisition — In qui*si tion, n. [L. inquisitio : cf. F. inquisition. See {Inquire}, and cf. {Inquest}.] 1. The act of inquiring; inquiry; search; examination; inspection; investigation. [1913 Webster] As I could learn through earnest inquisition. Latimer.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Inquisition, Canonical — • Either extra judicial or judicial: the former might be likened to a coroner s inquest in civil law; while the latter is similar to an investigation by the grand jury Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• inquisition — late 14c., judicial investigation, act or process of inquiring, from O.Fr. inquisicion inquiry, investigation (12c.), from L. inquisitionem (nom. inquisitio) a searching into, legal examination, noun of action from pp. stem of inquirere (see… …   Etymology dictionary

• inquisition — in·qui·si·tion /ˌin kwə zi shən, ˌiŋ / n 1: the act of inquiring or examining 2: a judicial or official inquiry or examination usu. before a jury; also: the finding that results from such an inquiry Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… …   Law dictionary

• inquisition — [in΄kwə zish′ən] n. [ME inquicisioun < OFr inquisition < L inquisitio < inquisitus, pp. of inquirere] 1. the act of inquiring; investigation 2. [I ] R.C.Ch. a) a former general tribunal established in the 13th cent. for the discovery and …   English World dictionary

• inquisition — inquisitional, adj. /in kweuh zish euhn, ing /, n. 1. an official investigation, esp. one of a political or religious nature, characterized by lack of regard for individual rights, prejudice on the part of the examiners, and recklessly cruel… …   Universalium

• Inquisition — The term Inquisition can refer to any one of several institutions charged with trying and convicting heretics within the Roman Catholic Church and sometimes other offenders against canon law. It may refer to [… …   Wikipedia

• inquisition — noun Etymology: Middle English inquisicioun, from Anglo French inquisition, from Latin inquisition , inquisitio, from inquirere Date: 14th century 1. the act of inquiring ; examination 2. a judicial or official inquiry or examination usually… …   New Collegiate Dictionary