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/skrˈutəni/ Listen

noun

Scrutiny n.

Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation. "They that have designed exactness and deep scrutiny have taken some one part of nature." "Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view And narrower scrutiny."

(Anc. Church) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.

(Canon Law) A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.

(Parliamentary Practice) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.

verb

Scrutiny v. t. To scrutinize. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scrutiny" Quotes from Famous Books

... throat in a moment, if the information I give were to be coupled with my name." Suffice it to say that he is a professor of religion, a native of Virginia, and a student of Marietta College, whose character will bear the strictest scrutiny. He says:— ...

— The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus • American Anti-Slavery Society

... at his desk like an expectant ogre; there was that in his attitude which seemed to say: "Enter; I eat promoters." His eyes measured Bruce from head to foot in a glance of appraisement, and Bruce on his part subjected Harrah to the same swift scrutiny. ...

— The Man from the Bitter Roots • Caroline Lockhart

... with results of great interest. These results have been made possible by the invention of a series of instruments of extraordinary precision and delicacy. Some of Professor Bose's instruments measure and record a thousandth of a second. Invisible movements in plants, hitherto beyond human scrutiny, have been brought within the range of immediate perception through the wonderful devices shown by the lecturer's demonstration ...

— Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose - His Life and Speeches • Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

... hold of ancient prejudice had been somewhat loosened. The Church of Rome, warned by the danger which she had narrowly escaped, had, in those parts of her dominion, assumed a milder and more liberal character. She sometimes condescended to submit her high pretensions to the scrutiny of reason, and availed herself more sparingly than in former times of the aid of the secular arm. Even when persecution was employed, it was not persecution in the worst and most frightful shape. The severities of Lewis the Fourteenth, ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... more, before the weather would afford a clear view. They would be ready in two days; they had just returned across the mountains from San Antonia de Guista, and needed rest and repairs. There was a frankness and simplicity about these fine fellows which would bear the severest scrutiny, and we could only admit the bare ...

— Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America • Pedro Velasquez

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