inquisition

1. A former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy (synset 108349957)
   is a type of: court, judicature, tribunal - an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
   specific instances:

   • spanish inquisition - an inquisition initiated in 1478 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain (especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries)
   • congregation of the inquisition, roman inquisition - an inquisition set up in Italy in 1542 to curb the number of Protestants
2. A severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals) (synset 107209336)
   is a type of: examination, interrogation, interrogatory - formal systematic questioning

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