Definition of Inquisetorial
In*quis`i*to"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
inquisitorial.] 1. Pertaining to
inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as,
inquisitorial power. "Illiberal and inquisitorial
abuse." F. Blackburne.
He conferred on it a kind of inquisitorial and
censorious power even over the laity, and directed it to inquire into
all matters of conscience. Hume.
2. Pertaining to the Court of Inquisition or
resembling its practices. "Inquisitorial robes." C.
Buchanan.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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