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Inquisitional   Listen
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Inquisitional  adj.  Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition. "All the inquisitional rigor... executed upon books."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Inquisitional" Quotes from Famous Books



... equivalent Spanish proverb occurred to him. Pedro was conscious that he had at times expressed himself, in coffee-houses and taverns, in a way not over complimentary, either to the priests or the Inquisition itself; and he felt very sure that no explanations he could give would prove satisfactory to the Inquisitional council. The bold determined look he gave the officer was such as that worthy officer was little accustomed to receive from the trembling wretches on whom ...
— Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships - A Story of the Last Naval War • W.H.G. Kingston



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