inquisitorial

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English

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Etymology

From inquisitory +‎ -ial.

Adjective

inquisitorial (comparative more inquisitorial, superlative most inquisitorial)

  1. Of or pertaining to an inquisition, specifically the Inquisition.
    • 1980 April 12, John Kyper, “Poisoned”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
      To parody the inquisitorial rhetoric of another age, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a boy-lover.
  2. In a manner of inquisition or inquisitors.
    • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
      Those few who by some luck happen to escape the madness of social hypnotization are afraid to give expression to their thoughts, because they are terrorized by the inquisitorial intolerance of crazed mobs and frenzied nations.
  3. (law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.

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Adjective

inquisitorial (feminine inquisitoriale, masculine plural inquisitoriaux, feminine plural inquisitoriales)

  1. inquisitorial (all senses)

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Spanish

Adjective

inquisitorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural inquisitoriales)

  1. inquisitorial

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