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Inquisition

Significado de Inquisition

noun
  1. a period of prolonged and intensive questioning.
    she relented in her determined inquisition and offered help
  2. an ecclesiastical tribunal established by Pope Gregory IX c. 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.

late Middle English (denoting a searching examination): via Old French from Latin inquisitio(n- ) ‘examination’, from the verb inquirere (see inquire).

Información sobre Inquisition

  • Es un nombre.
  • La forma plural de Inquisition es: Inquisitions.

Separación en sílabas de Inquisition

In-qui-si-tion

  • Está formada por 4 sílabas y 11 letras.
  • Inquisition es una palabra polisílaba, ya que tiene cuatro o más sílabas.

Sinónimos de Inquisition

Con el significado de the action of interrogating or the process of being interrogated:

interrogation

Con el significado de the action of asking someone questions, especially in an official context:

questioning

Con el significado de ask (someone) questions:

quizzing

Con el significado de a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for religious instruction:

catechism

Con el significado de the action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research:

investigation

Con el significado de an act of asking for information:

inquiry

Con el significado de a judicial inquiry to ascertain the facts relating to an incident:

inquest

Con el significado de an intense interrogation or period of questioning:

grilling

Con el significado de force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump:

pumping

Con el significado de the formal questioning of a defendant or witness in court:

examination