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inquisition
 
Noun inquisition has 2 senses
  1. Inquisition - a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy
    --1 is a kind of     court, tribunal, judicature
    --1 has particulars: Spanish Inquisition
  2. inquisition - a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)
    --2 is a kind of     interrogation, examination, interrogatory
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