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See also: Inquisition
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere. The sense implying persecution is influenced by the name of the Spanish Inquisition, which is a cardinal exemplar of government inquisitions that give inquisitions a bad name.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inquisition (countable and uncountable, plural inquisitions)
- An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
- Synonym: disquisition
- 1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folios 5, verso – 6, recto:
- But as farrefoorth as I coulde learne, through earneſt inquiſition I thoughte in my conſcience the woman was not gilty, all the circumſtances well conſydered.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
- Let not search and inquisition quail / To bring again these foolish runaways.
- (sometimes) Such an investigation that is asserted to be persecutory by its adversaries.
- An inquest.
- A questioning.
- The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter
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Verb
[edit]inquisition (third-person singular simple present inquisitions, present participle inquisitioning, simple past and past participle inquisitioned)
- (obsolete) To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into.
- 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
- And in their name I shall for neither friend nor foe conceal what the general murmur is ; that if it come to inquisitioning again
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French inquisicion, itself borrowed from Latin inquisitiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inquisition f (plural inquisitions)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “inquisition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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