Word familyadjectiveinquisitionalinquisitiveinquisitorialinquisiturientadverbinquisitivelyinquisitoriallynouninquisitivenessinquisitorinquisitorialnessinquisitressinquisition
the Inquisition• Like the Catholic fundamentalists during the Inquisition, all fundamentalists want a social dictatorship where they are the dictators.• On Saturday morning, the inquisition had begun.• They lived under constantthreat of exposure and extermination at the hands of the Inquisition, which monitored Christians' piety.• In a sense, unknowingly, he had already entered the kindergarten of the Inquisition.• One almost wonders about which side of the Inquisition he is on.• She was probably glad that the inquisition was over too, Sabine thought drily.• Here lay the road to the Inquisition.
2[countableC usually singular]FIND OUT a series of questions that someone asks you in a threatening or unpleasant way 〔带威胁或令人不快的〕盘问,查问
I had to face a two-hour inquisition from my parents about where I’d been.