Inquisition

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English

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Proper noun

Inquisition

  1. (historical) A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.
    • 1981 December 27, John Rupkey, “Leading The Way In Persecution”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 4:
      We know from history that the Catholic Church has historically murdered, mutilated, castrated, maimed, imprisoned and flogged homosexuals. Catholic atrocities during the Inquisition are well documented and cannot be denied. The Church no longer does those things to homosexuals, but it violates their human rights in other ways.
  2. (by extension) A harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates one’s rights.

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Noun

Inquisition f (genitive Inquisition, plural Inquisitionen)

  1. Inquisition

Declension

Declension of Inquisition
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Inquisition die Inquisitionen
genitive einer der Inquisition der Inquisitionen
dative einer der Inquisition den Inquisitionen
accusative eine die Inquisition die Inquisitionen

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