| 释义 |  inquisition /in-kwi-zishˈən/  nounA searching examinationAn investigationA judicial inquiry(with cap and the) a Roman Catholic tribunal established from 1232 to 1820 to preserve the supremacy of Catholicism in Europe by suppressing heresy, notably in Spain (the Spanish Inquisition) where the torture and execution of disbelievers was not uncommon
 ORIGIN: L inquīsītiō, -ōnis; see ety for inquire inquisitˈional  adjective Searching, often unduly vexatiously, in inquiringRelating to inquisition or the Inquisition
 inquisitive /-kwizˈi-tiv/   adjective Eager to knowApt to ask questions, esp about other people's affairsCurious
 inquisˈitively  adverb inquisˈitiveness  noun inquisˈitor  noun Someone who inquires, esp with undue pertinacity or searchingnessAn official inquirerA member of the Inquisition tribunal
 inquisitōˈrial (or /-törˈ/)  adjective Relating to an inquisitor or inquisitionUnduly pertinacious in interrogationUsed of criminal proceedings in which the prosecutor is also judge, or in which the trial is held in secret (law)
 inquisitoˈrially  adverb inquisitoˈrialness  noun inquisˈitress  noun (archaic) A female inquisitor inquisitūˈrient  adjective (Milton) Eager to act as inquisitor Grand Inquisitor  The head of a court of Inquisition |