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Inquisition
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inquisition
English
Proper noun
en historical A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy.
en 27 Dec 81 9 23 Gay Community News 4 John Rupkey Leading The Way In Persecution 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.
en by extension A harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates one’s rights.
Derived terms
en Spanish Inquisition
Translations
tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church
Arabic: ar مَحَاكِمُ التَّفْتِيش p-f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 宗教裁判所, cmn 異端裁判所
Czech: cs inkvizice f
Finnish: fi inkvisitio
French: fr Inquisition f
German: de Inquisition f, de Glaubensgericht n, de Ketzergericht n
Greek: el Ιερά Εξέταση f
Hungarian: hu inkvizíció
Japanese: ja 異端審問 いたんしんもん, itanshinmon
Korean: ko 이단심문(異端審問)
Latin: la Inquisitio f
Malay: ms Pasitan
Persian: fa انکیزیسیون ankizision, fa تفتیش عقاید taftiš-e 'aqâyed
Polish: pl inkwizycja f
Portuguese: pt Inquisição f
Russian: ru инквизи́ция f
Spanish: es Inquisición f
Swedish: sv inkvisition c
Turkish: tr engizisyon
harsh or rigorous interrogation
Finnish: fi inkvisitio
Polish: pl inkwizycja f
Russian: ru инквизи́ция f
en Catholicism History of Europe
German
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Pronunciation
de De-Inquisition.ogg
Noun
f
Inquisition
Declension
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